Prison Population in Ukraine: Current Situation and Forecasts of “Oppression” of the Right to Freedom
As of September 13, 2024, a total of 40201 people were held in various penitentiary institutions of Ukraine, including 15392 people in pre-trial
Suicides in Ukrainian Prisons (Statistics)
An even more important indicator of prison policy is the number of suicides in prisons, which is shown in the table below (Council
Mortality Rates in Ukrainian Prisons (Statistics)
An even more important indicator of prison policy is mortality in the prison system. As before, considering the concealment of such information by
‘Our Prison Officers’ were not Psychopaths and Sadists, but…’
Observing the state of affairs in the field of torture prevention in Ukraine and the investigation of torture crimes, one cannot help but
Financing the Prison System as a Tool for Assessing the Effectiveness of the Ukrainian Prison Policy
Considering the criterion of the effectiveness of the prison policy as a basis, we should pay special attention to the financing of the
Prison Density and Prison Overcrowding in Ukraine
An important indicator of Ukraine’s prison policy was the overcrowding of prisons, which has always been the subject of special attention in the
Dynamics of the Prison Population in Ukraine
The chronological downward trend in the prison population in Ukraine is presented in the table below (we should note the absence of any
Yuriy Verbytsky (In Memoriam)
Yuriy Tarasovych Verbytsky (25 August 1963, Lviv – 21 or 22 January 2014, near the village of Gnedin, Boryspil district, Kyiv region) –
Dmytro Yagunov: Ukraine needs the Law on Prison Inspections
The 1996 report of the Council of Europe experts emphasised the urgent need to establish independent prison inspections and, at the same time,