Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Priazovska Correctional Colony No. 107’
Access for the monitors to the colony was granted in record time. Colony No. 107, a minimum-security facility, houses women aged between 18 and 74. The institution is designed to accommodate 600 persons, but is currently at ten per cent capacity.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Mariupol Pre-trial Detention Centre
The main activity of this institution is the detention of suspects and defendants in the pre-trial detention centre and the provision of transit to other regions.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Temnivska Penal Colony No. 100
This is a medium-security penal institution. Today, 960 convicts are serving their sentences in the institution. In the maximum-security sector, there are 60 convicts serving life imprisonment.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony (No. 18)’
On 02 April 2019, the monitoring group of the NGO ‘KHPG’ visited the State Institution ‘Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony (No. 18)’ (hereinafter HKK (No. 18)). At present, HKK (No. 18) is a medium-security penal institution (for holding men first sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term), with a planned capacity of 1062 persons. At the time of the visit, 468 persons were held in the institution. There are officially 5 religious denominations in the institution
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Toretska Correctional Colony No. 2
The visit was preceded by complaints from prisoners about inadequate living conditions, in particular the temperature regime and humidity in the premises.
Report on the findings of a monitoring visit to Igren Penal Centre No. 133
The arrival of the monitors was met with bias by the administration; attempts were made to obstruct their work, and the administration refused to complete the consolidated statistical data table for the facility.
Report on the findings of a monitoring visit to Penal Institution No. 4
The main focus of the Dnipro Penal Institution No. 4 is the holding of persons in custody in the remand prison. In addition, the facility has a floor for holding persons serving life sentences, as well as a regional hospital.
Monitoring visit to Zhovti Vody Penal Colony No. 26
On 23 March 2019, the HPG monitoring group once again visited the Zhovti Vody Penal Colony No. 26. This time, the monitors visited premises of the institution that had not been inspected during the previous visit and spoke with the inmates.
Report on the findings of a monitoring visit to State Institution “Dikaniivska Penal Colony (No. 12)”
This is a medium-security correctional facility (for holding men convicted for the first time for a fixed term of imprisonment), with a planned capacity of 1,482 persons.
Unannounced monitoring visit to “Pokrovskyi Penal Centre No. 79”
Women sentenced to restriction of liberty and imprisonment are held in this institution.
Unannounced monitoring visit to Kryvyi Rih Correctional Colony No. 80
This institution specialises in the detention of men sentenced to imprisonment for the first time.