Naderzhynshchyna Correctional Colony (No. 65)
The state institution “Naderzhynshchyna Correctional Colony (No. 65)” is a minimum-security institution with general living conditions for women sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment.
The institution is located in the village of Bozhkivske, Poltava District, Poltava Region, and is part of the structure of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.
The modern history of the institution began in 2000. It was created on the basis of the Bozhkivske Medical and Labour Preventorium as part of the reform of the criminal-executive system of Ukraine and the liquidation of the network of medical and labour preventoria that existed during the Soviet period.
In accordance with the order of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments dated 31 March 2000, the medical and labour preventorium was reorganised into a general-regime correctional labour colony for women.
After the entry into force of the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine, the institution was classified as a minimum-security colony with general living conditions.
Since then, its activities have been aimed at the execution of criminal sentences for women, ensuring proper conditions of detention, the organisation of labour, vocational training, medical care, social-educational and psychological work, as well as preparing convicts for release and their return to society.
Naderzhynshchyna Correctional Colony is one of the few female penal institutions in Ukraine.
Of particular importance in its activities is ensuring the rights of women, including the right to healthcare, work, education, maintaining family ties, proper material and living conditions, and respect for human dignity in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine, the European Prison Rules, the Nelson Mandela Rules, and the UN Bangkok Rules on the treatment of women deprived of their liberty.
With the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation in 2022, the issue of the security of penal institutions became particularly relevant.
Despite the fact that the Poltava Region does not belong to the territories of active hostilities, the institution functions under martial law, continuously fulfilling the functions assigned to it.
The institution is regularly under the attention of state and public control bodies. Over the years, it 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 of convicts, the state of medical care, the realisation of the right to work, social insurance, access to education, the organisation of social-educational work, the functioning of civil protection shelters, and compliance with international standards for the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty are evaluated. The results of such monitoring contribute to the identification of systemic problems, the formation of recommendations, and the improvement of the practice of ensuring human rights in the institution.
Contact information: State institution “Naderzhynshchyna Correctional Colony (No. 65)”, 38718, Poltava Region, Poltava District, v. Bozhkivske, Parkova St., 12
Head of the institution: BAGLAIENKO Stanislav Stanislavovych
Telephone: (0532) 55-42-82 E-mail: [email protected]