Poltava Correctional Colony (No. 64)
The state institution ‘Poltava Correctional Colony (No. 64)’ is a medium-security facility for the detention of men who have been sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term for the first time.
The institution is located in the city of Poltava and is part of the structure of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine.
The colony was established by an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR on 17 December 1981, as a high-security facility. For its construction, a plot of land near the Poltava–Kotelva highway, not far from the Vakulentsi railway station, was allocated by a decision of the Poltava Regional Executive Committee.
The design and construction were carried out taking into account the needs of the penitentiary system at that time, which allowed for the creation of one of the largest penal institutions in the region.
After the entry into force of the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine, the colony was reclassified as a medium-security facility for the detention of men sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term for the first time.
The main areas of its activity are the execution of criminal sentences, the organisation of convict labour, professional training, medical care, social, educational, and psychological work, as well as the preparation of convicts for release.
The territory of the institution consists of residential, industrial, and utility zones. The residential zone includes dormitories for convicts, a medical unit, a disciplinary cell, cell-type premises, a quarantine, diagnostics and distribution unit, a high-supervision unit, rooms for meetings, a bath and laundry complex, administrative premises, and other facilities necessary for the functioning of the institution.
The industrial zone includes the institution's enterprise, where the labour of convicts is organised, while the utility zone houses warehouse, municipal, and other auxiliary facilities.
Since the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation in 2022, the activities of penal institutions have been conducted under martial law.
This has brought to the fore the issues of ensuring the rights of convicts to life and safety, access to medical care, the maintenance of contact with the outside world, and adherence to international standards for the treatment of persons deprived of liberty.
The Poltava Correctional Colony is regularly subject to the attention of state and public monitoring bodies.
Over the years, the institution has been visited by representatives of the National Preventive Mechanism, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, and independent human rights organisations.
During monitoring visits, the conditions of detention, the realisation of the right to work, medical care, the right to privacy, access to social and educational work, the application of disciplinary practices, and the compliance of the institution's activities with the requirements of national legislation and international human rights standards are evaluated.
The results of such monitoring contribute to the identification of systemic problems and the formation of recommendations for their resolution.
Contact information: State institution ‘Poltava Correctional Colony (No. 64)’. 36015, Poltava region, city of Poltava, Starokotelevska St., 6
Head of the institution: ALIEKSIEIENKO Vadym Mykolaiovych
Telephone: (0532) 58-86-38 E-mail: [email protected]