Two traffic police officers detained for bribery after calls to a hotline
Two traffic police officers were detained in the Lviv region while receiving bribes, the SBU press centre reports. This was made possible thanks to people calling the hotline.A Thirty-Year-Old Prisoner Has Died in the SIZO
On Sunday, a 30-year-old, Ihor Mosiychuk (the surname has been changed — Author), who died in the Lviv pre-trial detention centre (SIZO), was buried at one of the Lviv cemeteries.Legal Aid for Penal Institution Staff
Specialists from the Department of Justice and the Department for Citizenship, Immigration, and Registration of Individuals were invited to the Chernihiv Women’s Penal Colony to provide legal assistance to staff.Cause of Second Suicide at Strizhavka Colony Under Investigation
It is possible that the incident is unrelated to the mistreatment of the convict.ON THE DRAFT CONCEPT OF STATE POLICY FOR TORTURE PREVENTION
The lack of desire on the part of the Department's leadership to obtain information about the real state of affairs regarding the avoidance of torture and ill-treatment in the activities of its subordinate bodies and institutions is evidenced by the fact that only a limited array of analysed data is included in the list of criteria for the system's effectiveness. Higher bodies of the Department's leadership are more concerned about the general state of the system's image than about ensuring the observance of prisoners' rights. A detailed analysis of the provisions of the Penal Code (KVK) testifies only to the declaration of the task of preventing torture and inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners, in the absence of real mechanisms for its implementation in practice.The “Last Bell” Celebration at CK-44
The “Last Bell” rang in Chernihiv Penal Colony No. 44 for women who were completing their secondary education while serving their sentences.Were Convicts Beaten in Volnyansk Colony?
On 3 June, a consolidated unit entered VIK-20 and brutally beat the convicts in the disciplinary isolation ward and the cell-type facility.Suicide at Strizhavka Penal Colony No. 81
On 1 June 2008, at approximately 15:00, convict Serhii Volodymyrovych Maksymov, born in 1985, a native of the Zhmerynka district of the Vinnytsia region, committed suicide.Appeal to General Kalinin
A group of Russian human rights defenders and civil activists has issued an open appeal to General Yuri Kalinin, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).Probationers in Drohobych Are Being Resocialised
Specialists from the Drohobych City Centre for Social Services for Family, Children, and Youth, together with representatives of the Drohobych Criminal Executive Inspection, held a meeting to discuss the main aspects of working with convicts released on probation.