ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 146 Violations of this kind were recorded in Kyiv pre-trial detention facility80. Example CHAPTER 7 During a visit to the Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony (no. 18), the monitoring group was approached by convict S., who stated that he had been beaten by the institution’s staff and suffered a fracture to his right arm. According to the convict, the officers took advantage of the fact that he was in severe physical pain to pressurize him to “confess” on camera that he had been injured when he fell down from a gymnastics bar while exercising. According to S.’s account, he was not provided with healthcare until he gave a favourable explanation for his injuries to the administration. Only after that was he hospitalized in the city hospital and received healthcare. Kharkiv Local Prosecutor’s Office 2 entered information on this fact into the URPTI as no. 424019221080000144 on the grounds of a criminal offence under part two of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (excess of power or official authority by a law enforcement officer with the threat of violence)81. Example Cases of violence between convicts were revealed during a visit to Zhovti Vody Correctional Colony (no. 26). The visit and confidential communication with the convicts revealed that informal relations (bulling) between convicts are common, as various subcultures of convicts are detained in the institution, leading to intimidation and violence among the convicts, especially against working and stigmatized persons or those who refuse to support criminal customs. National Preventive Mechanism monitoring visits also revealed examples of excessive use of force during special regimes in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention facilities. Example During a monitoring visit to Kropyvnytskyi pre-trial detention facility82, the monitoring team found that the medical unit at the facility had received 97 complaints from 82 prisoners about injuries sustained during the regime measures, including from a juvenile inmate. Representatives of the Commissioner also identified a large number of convicts who had bodily injuries but who had not been examined by medical staff, and whose injuries were not documented by the facility. 80 Report published at: www.ombudsman.gov.ua/ua/all-news/pr/u-ki%D1%97vskomu-sl%D1%96dchomu-%D1%96zolyator%D1%96-uvyaznenix-utrimuyut-v-kamerax,-vkritix-pl%D1%96snyavoyu-ta-gribkom. 81 Report published at: www.ombudsman.gov.ua/ua/all-news/pr/v-xolodnog%D1%96rsk%D1%96j-vipravn%D1%96j-kolon%D1%96%D1%97na-xark%D1%96vshhin%D1%96-dos%D1%96/. 82 Report published at: www.ombudsman.gov.ua/ua/all-news/pr/predstavnik-upovnovazhenogo-z-dotrimannya-prav-lyudini-v-m%D1%96sczyax-nesvobodi-zd%D1%96jsniv-mon%D1%96toringovij-v%D1%96zit-do-kropivniczkogo-s%D1%96zo/.