In Dubno juvenile correctional facility, 16 inmates reported cruel treatment (physical violence) by the administration. Local prosecution authorities were informed about this with a request to provide relevant legal qualification. On 22 May 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor in Rivne region recorded this case into the ERDR under #12014180000000049 and initiated criminal proceedings with a preliminary qualification under Article 365§2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. At the same time, all 16 juveniles who had reported cruel treatment changed their testimony following interviews with the prosecutors and signed written statements on denying previous statements. In another case, during a visit to Bilenke correctional colony (#99) and interviews with the convicted persons, the regional PR coordinator of the Commissioner received information on the use of violence by the staff towards 12 prisoners who had arrived from Zaporizhzhya remand prison. The Office of the Prosecutor of Zaporizhzhya region received this information; however, there was no legal qualification of the actions or relevant response measures. In November 2014, the Commissioner for Human Rights opened proceedings on the mass assault of prisoners by the staff of Berdychiv correctional facility (#70). In the framework of proceedings it was established that on 12 November 2014, in accordance with the Plan of general search in Berdychiv correctional colony (#70), there was a general search. According to the inmates, the search was conducted in a rude manner; the facility staff insulted them and tried to provoke illegal actions. They threw personal belongings, food items, dishes and underwear of the inmates from the living areas to the hallway floor. In addition, there was a report on the beating of 10 convicted persons who were first brought from the enhanced supervision unit to the headquarters and, following a short conversation, assaulted by the field officers of the facility. For instance, the inmates noted that the staff were holding their hands behind their back in handcuffs and continuously hitting and kicking their head, mostly in the back. Visible injuries were attested by the representative of the Secretariat of the Commissioner following examination. In Kyiv remand prisons, physical injuries (stripe bruises of wrist joints from handcuffing, bruising and hemorrhage of the head and neck) were found on 4 convicted persons brought from Berdychiv correctional colony (#70) via Zhytomyr penitentiary facility (#8) on 12 November 2014. 120