Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to Stryzhavka Correctional Colony No. 81
During the monitoring visit, certain positive changes aimed at improving the detention conditions of convicts were identified. Violations of convicts’ rights to proper detention conditions, privacy, healthcare, labour and social protection, safe working conditions, proper remuneration, communication, and access to the Internet were revealed.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to Lityn Correctional Colony No. 123
Repairs have been carried out in various premises, and a psychologists’ room and a prayer room have been established. Cases of prolonged solitary confinement in the DISO of a convict with a mental disorder, inadequate material and living conditions in the DISO/PKT, unsatisfactory work regarding the issuance of passports and RNTRCs to convicts, staff shortages, and other violations were identified.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Vinnytsia Correctional Colony No. 86
The institution’s administration has carried out a significant amount of renovation work in the residential quarters of various security sectors. At the same time, deficiencies were identified in the organisation of the quarantine, diagnostics, and distribution section, as well as substandard material and living conditions in the disciplinary isolation ward. In the medical unit, the absence of substitution maintenance therapy, shortcomings in the organisation of psychiatric care, and staff shortages were observed.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Vinnytsia Correctional Facility No. 1
A modern facility for psychologists has been established, some cell premises have been renovated, and specially equipped cells for persons with disabilities have been created. At the same time, shortcomings were identified in the reception unit and the maximum-security sector, as well as violations regarding laundry and bathing facilities, labour organisation, social protection, and medical care.
Report on the findings of the monitoring visit to Starobabanivska Penal Colony No. 92
Violations of the procedure for organizing the work of the quarantine, diagnostic and distribution unit, inadequate living conditions for convicts, and non-compliance with requirements for ensuring privacy and sanitary-hygienic standards were detected. Violations of the conditions of detention in the disciplinary unit and cell-type premises, shortcomings in the organization of walks, laundry services, and the problem of staff shortages were established.
Report on the findings of the monitoring visit to the Sumy Pre-trial Detention Centre
Renovations have been carried out in certain premises of the Pre-trial Detention Centre. At the same time, a number of violations were identified, including: failure to meet residential floor space standards, inadequate arrangement of sanitary facilities, poor living conditions, and staff shortages. There are also numerous shortcomings in the organisation of medical care.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to Sumy Correctional Colony No. 116
Violations were identified in the functioning of the DISO/PKT and the enhanced control section, along with shortcomings in the organisation of visits, library services, the operation of the prison shop, and the preparation of convicts for release. Understaffing was identified in both the institution’s general personnel and the medical unit.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to the Temnivka Multi-Profile Hospital No. 100
Facts have been established of improper recording and documentation of bodily injuries, the absence of opioid substitution therapy for individuals with opioid dependence, violations of the procedure for accommodating patients in the inpatient department, a failure to staff the medical unit with a clinical psychologist, and sub-standard conditions of detention for individuals with mental disorders.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Temnivka Correctional Colony No. 100
The results of the monitoring visit indicate the presence of systemic problems in ensuring appropriate conditions of detention, safety, work, and social protection of convicts, which require a response from the institution’s administration, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, and other authorised bodies.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Kropyvnytskyi Remand Prison
A number of systemic violations have been identified, relating to inadequate conditions of detention, overcrowding in cells, poor lighting and ventilation in cells, violations of the right to safe and hygienic conditions, and the unsatisfactory state of the shelter. Violations were also recorded in the organisation of medical care, and the right to work and social protection.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Kropyvnytskyi Correctional Colony No. 6
Systemic violations of the rights of convicts were identified in the areas of detention conditions, material and living provisions, and the right to privacy. Excessive use of video surveillance in residential premises, and violations of detention conditions in DIZO/PKT, the enhanced control sector (DPK), and the sector for holding pre-trial detainees were recorded. Particular attention is drawn to systemic violations of the labour rights of convicts.