penitentiary system of Ukraine

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The penitentiary system of Ukraine is the national network of prisons, detention facilities, and correctional institutions responsible for enforcing criminal sentences and managing incarcerated individuals under Ukrainian law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of criminal justice system ⓘ
penitentiary system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine ⓘ
penitentiary service of Ukraine ⓘ
cooperatesWith Council of Europe ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
international human rights organizations ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
criticizedFor corruption and informal prison hierarchies ⓘ
ill-treatment and abuse by staff in some cases ⓘ
insufficient medical care in some facilities ⓘ
overcrowding in detention facilities ⓘ
poor material conditions in some institutions ⓘ
governedBy Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ⓘ
hasIssue legacy of Soviet-era prison infrastructure ⓘ
need for staff professionalization and training ⓘ
hasReformInstrument National Strategy for Reform of the Penitentiary System of Ukraine ⓘ
includes correctional colonies ⓘ
educational colonies for minors ⓘ
juvenile correctional facilities ⓘ
medical correctional facilities ⓘ
pre-trial detention centers ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
social rehabilitation centers for released persons ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Ukraine ⓘ
Criminal Code of Ukraine ⓘ
Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine ⓘ
laws of Ukraine on pre-trial detention ⓘ
subordinate regulations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ⓘ
monitoredBy European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
national preventive mechanism against torture in Ukraine ⓘ
previouslyGovernedBy Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine ⓘ
State Department for the Execution of Sentences of Ukraine ⓘ
primaryFunction correction and resocialization of convicted persons ⓘ
enforcement of criminal sentences involving deprivation of liberty ⓘ
execution of pre-trial detention measures ⓘ
organization of educational and vocational programs for inmates ⓘ
protection of society from criminal offenses by isolation of offenders ⓘ
provision of basic living conditions for detainees and prisoners ⓘ
provision of medical care to detainees and prisoners ⓘ
provision of security and order in detention facilities ⓘ
reformGoal alignment with European Union standards ⓘ
development of probation as an alternative to imprisonment ⓘ
humanization of criminal penalties ⓘ
improvement of detention conditions ⓘ
reduction of prison population ⓘ
reformPeriod post-2014 reforms ⓘ
relatedTo judicial system of Ukraine ⓘ
law enforcement agencies of Ukraine ⓘ
probation system of Ukraine ⓘ
subjectTo European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

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Minister of Justice of Ukraine → responsibleFor → penitentiary system of Ukraine ⓘ
penitentiary system of Ukraine → alsoKnownAs → penitentiary service of Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: penitentiary system of Ukraine