The Commission for the Prevention of Torture has begun its work

By a decree of the President of Ukraine at the end of September, a Commission for the Prevention of Torture was created, and by another decree on 18 November, its composition of 35 people was formed.

Why is it difficult to get released on parole?

Many problems arise for convicts when applying for parole. How can they be solved?

Poor Masha or a prisoner’s confession

A nice, smiling girl. But the place where we happened to communicate was the Kachanivska Correctional Colony in the Kharkiv Region. Masha was serving a sentence for… murder. We managed to get talking. Masha’s confession turned out to be very touching and instructive: Usually, the Prison Portal does not post life stories. An exception has been made for this case.

Our women’s prisons are like in the Middle Ages

Despite the reform announced in Russia in 2000, people there are still not being corrected, but broken

Requirements of the European Prison Rules regarding restrictions on the rights of persons deprived of liberty

The existence of unreasonable norms in the Criminal Executive Code in its current form, which fail to take into account the European Prison Rules (EPR) recommendations, will degrade the level of compliance with the rights of convicted persons in Ukraine and hinder their reintegration into society.

Concept of the draft Federal Law ‘On Public (Civil) Control in the Russian Federation’

The text presents the Concept, theoretical, practical, and legal prerequisites for the adoption of the law.

Free Will or Fate?

In order to hold a person criminally liable, it must be determined: did this person have a genuine opportunity not to violate the requirements of criminal law, and to what extent is a person generally free in choosing their behaviour—must they refrain from committing a crime, or is the commission of the crime a fatal circumstance for them?

Public Oversight in the Chelyabinsk Region

Analysis of the Work of the Public Oversight Commission of the Chelyabinsk Region and Recommendations for Improvement

How the Law on the Social Adaptation of Released Persons Works

Expert report on the public monitoring conducted by the ‘Aybolit’ Public Organisation regarding the implementation of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Social Adaptation…’ by the executive authorities of the city of Simferopol.

The new regulations on pardons have effectively deprived convicts of ‘mercy’

The new regulations contain provisions that significantly narrow the range of persons eligible for, and the actual possibility of, petitioning for a pardon for a significant number of convicts

Complaints

An evaluation of complaint mechanisms in prisons in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. A study by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

The Bangkok Rules

Overview of the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders