Three Complaints in Seventeen Years: The Odesa SIZO’s Confession
Both common sense and the standards of international organisations say the same thing: an absence of complaints in a prison is not a
Dmytro Yagunov: The Cyclical Nature of Failure: Periodization of Penitentiary Reforms in Ukraine (1991–2026) as a Case of Institutional Drift
Since 1991, the Ukrainian penitentiary system has undergone many reforms – too many for such a period of time. It is entirely natural
Not Isolated Incidents but a System: The UN Report on Sexual Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty under the Control of the Russian Federation
On 18 September 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a thematic report prepared on the
Empty Bunks, New Prisons: Why Does Russia Need Seven Super-Prisons If Its Prison Population Has Fallen Fourfold?
The Russian authorities have officially announced plans to build an entire complex of new prisons. By 2035, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the
Incarceration of Society: The Political Economy of the Carceral Interest
The political interest in preserving and expanding the carceral system has at least four interrelated dimensions, the manifestations of which can be traced
How to Ensure That Prisoners Have Access to the Protection of Their Rights: an Online Conference on Prisoners’ Access to Justice
We are pleased to invite you to an online conference on #prisoners’ access to #justice, organised by the European Prison Litigation Network, the
Dmytro Yagunov: Homo Disciplinatus: Discipline, Imprisonment, Ill-Treatment and the Expansion of Social Control
Michel Foucault’s analysis in Discipline and Punish remains one of the most productive theoretical instruments for understanding how power organises the bodies, space
The Torture Quasi-Compromise During Mobilisation: From “Busification” to Systemic Violations of Article 3 ECHR
The absolute prohibition of torture is an unconditional and immeasurably important idea of modern constitutionalism and international human rights law. It is not
Dmytro Yagunov: Carceral orders: informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe and the political weaponisation of prison subculture
This paper examines informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe as sites of political power, social ordering, and geopolitical contestation, with particular focus on