NCJ Number
133716
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 53 Issue: 7 Dated: (December 1991) Pages: 90-92,94
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The Ukranian Kharkov Correctional Labor Colony houses 1,200 male offenders convicted of serious offenses. The inmates are divided into 14 teams, each housed in a separate living quarter.
Abstract
The facility provides inmates with entertainment programs, a wide variety of publications, free medical services, and a vocational school. Inmates are paid the apprentice's rate during their training. After they've mastered a skill, they receive a fixed pay rate and a job at the prison plant. Inmates are allowed four family visits per year. Those who violate prison rules receive a warning, then a reprimand, and various sanctions; repeated infractions are met with a sentence in the disciplinary cell. Inmates at the prison help staff maintain discipline through peer pressure through the teams. In recent years, the colony has relaxed many of its restrictions on inmates, particularly those regarding family correspondence and visits and clothing.