Temnivska Correctional Colony (No. 100)
Temnivska Correctional Colony (No. 100) is one of the largest penitentiary institutions in the Kharkiv region and is located approximately 35 km from the city of Kharkiv, near the village of Temnivka, Kharkiv district.
The institution performs not only the functions of a medium-security correctional colony but is also an important centre for specialised medical support for convicts of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine.
The history of the colony dates back to the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR of 29 April 1982, which provided for the creation, as of 31 May 1982, of a strict-regime correctional-labour colony for the detention of men sentenced to imprisonment.
The newly created institution was assigned number 100 and the conventional name YuZh-313/100. Production activities were planned to be organised in cooperation with the Kharkiv Tractor Plant, where convicts manufactured parts and components for T-150 tractors. The first convicts arrived at the institution on 1 September 1984.
Today, the state institution "Temnivska Correctional Colony (No. 100)" is a medium-security institution for the detention of men who have previously served a sentence of imprisonment.
A maximum-security sector for men sentenced to life imprisonment also operates on the territory of the colony.
A distinctive feature of the institution is the Multi-disciplinary Hospital of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine located on its territory, which is one of the country's leading specialised penitentiary medical facilities. Convicts and, in cases provided for by law, persons taken into custody are sent to the hospital from various regions of Ukraine for inpatient treatment, specialised examinations, and to receive highly specialised medical care.
The facility provides therapeutic, surgical, cardiological, neurological, urological, traumatological, palliative, and other types of medical care, ensuring the treatment of complex somatic diseases within the penitentiary system.
Following the start of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation, the Kharkiv region has regularly been subjected to missile and drone attacks. Despite the difficult security situation, the colony and the multi-disciplinary hospital continue to perform their functions, ensuring the detention of convicts, the provision of medical care, and the operation of life-support facilities.
One of the priority areas of the institution's work remains ensuring the safety of convicts and staff under martial law conditions.
The institution has repeatedly been the object of monitoring visits by the National Preventive Mechanism, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, human rights organisations, and international experts.
Special attention is paid to the conditions of detention for life-sentenced prisoners, the provision of the right to medical care, the organisation of the treatment of patients in the multi-disciplinary hospital, and compliance with international standards for the treatment of convicts.
Contact information: Address: 62493, Kharkiv region, Kharkiv district, Temnivka village, 3 Kharkivska St.
Head of the institution: Oleh Valentynovych NAIDIONOV
Telephone: (057) 744-16-18 E-mail: [email protected]