• The issue of placement and provision of living space for the convicted persons is not solved; there are no decent sanitary and living conditions; • The appliances are old and worn; living premises require regular, sometimes capital refurbishment, networks of communal use are in similar condition; • Most general cells of remand prisons are dirty; the walls are leaking and covered in mold; there is virtually no free space due to excess crowding, anti-sanitary conditions and unpleasant smell; • Sanitary facilities are in unsatisfactory technical condition; ventilation and lighting are insufficient or absent etc. As a result of negligence, there are conflicts between the administration and convicted persons. A vivid example took place at Zamkova correctional colony (#58) in October 2014. The visit established that approximately 230 inmates refused to take food provided by the institution as a protest to illegal actions and negligence of the administration. They were complaining about inappropriate conditions, including insufficient space, unsatisfactory condition of sanitary facilities, insufficient lighting and ventilation, low level of food procurement and medical service. A large number of complaints concerned arbitrary disciplinary punishments, as well as forcing to write statements on absence of complaints by the prosecution and facility staff. The Office of the Prosecutor of Izyaslav district of Khmelnytsky region initiated a criminal case under article 365§2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (entered into the ERDR on 20 October 2014) pursuant to an application by an inmate S. on assault. The issue of outcomes of a repeat inspection is open at present time. In general, conditions of holding inmates in penitentiary institutions fail to meet legal requirements: 126