International Centre for Prison Studies
| Country | UKRAINE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 04050 KYIV-50,N81 Melnykova Street, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +380 44 461 86-00 fax: +380 44 461 86-00 Web: www.kvs.gov.ua |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title)
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Oleksandr V. Lisitskov
Director
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
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145,189
at 1.2.2013 (national prison administration)
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
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321
based on an estimated national population of 45.21 million at
beginning of February 2013 (from Eurostat figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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19.8%
(1.2.2013 - prisoners held in pre-trial institutions)
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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5.3%
(of convicted adults in prison colonies, 1.2.2013)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
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0.8%
(1.2.2013 - prisoners in young prisoner colonies)
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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1.6%
(1.9.2010 - Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics)
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| Number of establishments /
institutions
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181
(2013)
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| Official capacity of prison system | 157,439
(1.9.2010)
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
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96.7%
(1.9.2010)
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
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