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Dear friends, colleagues, everyone who is in one way or another involved in the study, analysis, and reform of Ukraine’s penitentiary system. Everyone
I recently received responses from the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Centre to a lawyer’s request concerning conditions of detention — and these responses prompt
2 April 2026, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Ukrayinskyy and Others v. Ukraine — 42 applicants, correctional colony
A video report on the ‘Black Dolphin’ penal colony (IK-6, Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast), filmed with the explicit permission of the prison administration, is
On 10 April 2026, the Odesa District Administrative Court opened proceedings in Case No. 420/9112/26. The claimant is Dmytro Yagunov, a lawyer, human
In early February 2026, the Main State Expert Review Board of the Russian Federation issued a positive opinion on the project to build
On Chapter 23 “Justice and fundamental rights” and Chapter 24 “Justice, Freedom and Security” of the European Commission’s Report on Ukraine’s Progress under
On 23 September 2025, the Penitentiary Academy of Ukraine hosted an online master class by Dmytro Yagunov entitled ‘Penitentiary Policy and the Mission
The issue of Russian criminal and prison subculture and its spread is by no means historical or criminological in nature. In fact, assessing
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a small town 200