Country | Ukraine |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice
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Prison administration |
State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine
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Contact address |
04050 KYIV-50, 81 Melnykova Street, Ukraine
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Telephone |
+38 044 461 86-00
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Fax |
+38 044 461 86-00
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Website | |
inter@kvs.gov.ua
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Head of prison administration (and title) | Volodymyr Palahniuk
Director
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 55 078
at 1.1.2019 (national prison administration - not including prisoners in Crimea and Sebastopol and areas of Donetsk and Luhansk that are not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 153
based on an estimated national population of 35.9 million at beginning of 2019 (from Ukraine State Statistics Department figures - the inclusion of Donetsk and Luhansk would raise the estimated national population to 42.2 million)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 35.4%
(1.1.2019 - prisoners held in pre-trial institutions)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 4.1%
(of convicted adults in prison colonies, 1.1.2019)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.4%
(1.1.2019 - prisoners in young prisoner colonies)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 1.7%
(1.9.2011)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 148
(2019 - 29 pre-trial institutions, 113 colonies for adults, 6 colonies for juveniles.)
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Official capacity of prison system | 88 807
(1.4.2017)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 68.3%
(1.4.2017)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) visit reports: Ukraine
US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Ukraine
Penal Reform International: Moscow office
- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
UKRAINE
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2000 | 44,700 | 20.4% | 90 |
2019* | 19,510 | 35.4% | 54 |
* The 2019 figures do not include prisoners in Crimea and Sebastopol and areas of Donetsk and Luhansk that are not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities.
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
UKRAINE
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2002 | 11,727 | 5.9% | 24.4 |
2015* | 2,753 | 4.8% | 7.5 |
* The 2015 and 2019 figures are only the totals of convicted adult females in prison colonies and they do not include those in Crimea and Sebastopol and areas of Donetsk and Luhansk that are not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities.
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
UKRAINE
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1990 |
116,400 |
225 |