- Constant carrying of a sandbag – is used towards underage persons who are on the preventive register for suicide/self-harm tendencies (40 persons are in the registry). The minors punished in this manner have to carry the sandbag with them at all times, including during sleep; - Marching on the training ground entails the juvenile marching along the square perimeter for several hours; there were cases of all-day marching by a group singing a military song. A monitoring visit to Temnivka correctional colony (#100) revealed facts of multiple violations of human rights and freedoms in the functioning of the said facility. For instance, administration of the prison uses the so-called “active” unit to maintain order. In violation of criminal executive legislation, the said unit practically performs functions of correction and control. We should note that the staff of the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Human Rights has repeatedly encountered these practices of correctional and juvenile correctional facilities of the State Penitentiary Service whereby the administration practically holds aloof from its duties on correction and control of the convicts’ behavior. Instead, they place these important functions with other convicted persons thus violating national legislation and international human rights standards. However, particularly in Temnivka correctional colony (№ 100) the use of the so-called “active” unit has reached extreme scale. The administration formalized this practice by establishing the “order section” performing the functions of maintaining order and controlling behavior of convicted persons. The convicted persons from the section walk around the territory with red armbands; they gather in their premises where field officers give instructions, including on measures in relation to individual convicts; they take part in both general and personal searches etc. They enjoy privileges from the administration, and can move freely around the territory, as well as have their own gym. All interviewed convicts that the so-called drill is implemented through to “active” unit with disciplinary punishments for minor violations. For instance, one of the “activists” required the junior inspection to write a report on violation of the regime for a minor violation (damaged clothing tag). When the latter refused, the “activists” personally took the convict to the duty unit where he continued to demand disciplinary sanctions from the administration. The duty unit has specialized room with barred windows foreseen by the legislation. The room has no furniture/appliances except for a table. According to the administration, the said room is used for searches. At the same time, the convicts stated that these premises are used for temporary (up to 10 hours) holding of convicts who had violated the procedures, until obtaining their explanations. During visits to Dykanivska (#12) and Pervomaysky (#117) correctional colonies, and interviews with the convicted persons, members of monitoring groups received information about numerous violations of the rights of convicted persons, as well as identified instances of ill-treatment that can amount to torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. The so-called correction measures start from the moment of convicted persons’ arrival to the facility when the staff and “active” inmates offer newcomers to clean 118