Report on the monitoring visit to the State Institution “Berdyansk Correctional Colony (No. 77)”
This is a minimum-security institution for holding men who have been sentenced to imprisonment for the first time for non-serious crimes.
Monitoring visit to the State Institution “Kharkiv Correctional Colony No. 43”
The institution is a medium-security correctional colony for men sentenced to a fixed term who have previously served a sentence.
Monitoring visit to the State Institution “Pokrovska CC No. 17”
This colony is a medical facility and a medium-security penal institution for men sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term who are suffering from tuberculosis.
Monitoring visit to the Snihurivka Correctional Colony (No. 5) – specialized tuberculosis hospital
This is a medium-security institution for men who are serving a sentence repeatedly. A feature of the institution is the location of the inter-regional specialized tuberculosis hospital. In the institution, a remand prison unit, a detention house, and a medium-security unit for convicts suffering from tuberculosis function.
Monitoring visit to the Daryivka Correctional Colony No. 10
Monitors note that the deputy head of the institution for educational work during monitoring and individual counselling of convicts exerted psychological pressure on the convicts and raised his voice at them.
Monitoring visit to an institution with an unknown name
The head explained that the Ministry of Justice itself does not know how its own facilities are named, that the colony has long been disbanded, and that the specialized hospital is under the jurisdiction of the pre-trial detention centre (SIZO).
Monitoring visit to Holoprystanska Penal Colony No. 7
This is a medium-security facility for men. A unique feature of the institution is that it hosts an inter-regional specialized tuberculosis hospital.
Monitoring visit to Northern Penal Colony No. 90
According to the paramedic, there is an insufficient quantity of medicines in the institution due to delays in the centralized supply of medical supplies and the lack of ability to receive necessary medicines promptly.
Monitoring visit to State Institution ‘Litynska Penal Colony No. 123’
The lack of promptness in supplying necessary medicines and medicinal products creates a threat of a situation arising where it is impossible to provide timely medical assistance to a convict who needs it.
Monitoring visit to State Institution ‘Stryzhavska Penal Colony (No. 81)’
The institution is a medium-security colony for men serving a second sentence.
Monitoring visit to Vinnytsia Correctional Colony No. 86
It is quite cold in many of the rooms, so the inmates are forced to wear outer clothing. Each department has a tank with drinking water; however, hand sanitizer is absent.