Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre

The state institution “Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre” is one of the oldest pre-trial detention facilities in Western Ukraine. Today, the institution provides for the custody of persons taken into detention, as well as certain categories of convicted individuals, in accordance with the requirements of the penal enforcement legislation of Ukraine.

The history of the Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre dates back to the end of the 19th century. The first documented mentions of the functioning of a prison facility in Rivne date back to 1896, when the construction of a prison building was completed, which was used for the custody of persons under investigation or serving sentences.

Until 1957, the Rivne prison was located in another part of the city. At that time, it was a complex of high-security, service, and administrative buildings with its own production workshops, where detainees were involved in labour. The prison operated sewing, footwear, metalworking, and carpentry workshops, the products of which were used mainly to meet the needs of the institution itself.

In 1957, the Rivne prison was moved to its current location on Dvoretska Street. A complex of buildings of a former transit point was used to house the institution, which was used as warehouse space after the end of the Second World War. During this period, large-scale reconstruction and adaptation of the facility to the needs of a pre-trial detention centre were carried out.

The further development of the pre-trial detention centre was associated with the expansion of its material and technical base. In 1979, a new high-security building was put into operation, which significantly improved the conditions for prisoners and increased the institution’s capacity for housing a special contingent. In the same year, a new administrative building was constructed. Due to the increase in the number of persons held in the institution, a reconstruction of part of the old high-security building was carried out in the mid-1990s to create additional cells.

Throughout its history, the Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre has performed the important function of supporting the activities of judicial and law enforcement bodies in the region. At various times, utility support facilities, medical rooms, exercise yards, vocational training workshops, and other infrastructure facilities were created and modernised in the institution.

In 1999, as a result of the reform of the penal enforcement system of Ukraine and the withdrawal of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences from the subordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre was transferred to the system of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences, and subsequently to the structure of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.

Today, the state institution “Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre” is a modern pre-trial detention facility that ensures the custody of persons taken into detention, the fulfilment of legal requirements regarding the protection of their rights, medical care, socio-educational work, and proper conditions of detention.

The institution operates high-security buildings, service facilities, vocational training workshops, a medical unit, and other structural subdivisions necessary for its operation.

Currently, the head of the institution is Volodymyr Oleksandrovych KALAMBET.

Contact Information

State Institution “Rivne Pre-trial Detention Centre”

33001, Rivne region, Rivne, Dvoretska Street, 116

Telephone: (0362) 68-33-83
E-mail: [email protected]

Head of the institution: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych KALAMBET.