SECTION 2.
Shepetivka penitentiary (No. 98)
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Olshany penitentiary (No. 53)
Prisoners hardly ever make use of individual protection means although under the labor
safety regulations they are obligatory for a number of specific works:
in Stari Babany (No. 92), Bucha (No. 85) and Shepetivka (No. 98) penitentiaries the prisoners
were not wearing protection masks, helmets, overalls, safe footwear and safety glasses
with heavy-duty lenses, as required by stone-work labor safety regulations;
in Olshany penitentiary (No. 53) the prisoners who work with moist raw materials for glass
production are not provided with changing gloves, and those who work in the carpentry
do not get safety mittens and protective masks;
in Uman penitentiary (No. 129) in the area where souvenir glass orbs with silver coating are
made the prisoners were handling light bulk materials (silver dust) and toxic glue without
any means for protection of the respiratory system.
Stari Babany penitentiary (No. 92)
Olshany penitentiary (No. 53)
Penitentiaries occasionally violate the right to fair wages and the prisoners are not able
to make full use of the earned money on their personal accounts:
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in Horodyshche penitentiary (No. 96) there have been instances of incomplete transfer
of prisoners’ personal means (wages) to deposit accounts of the State Treasury, as this
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