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MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE:
low level of institutional staff’s
familiarity with the requirements of the
international instruments on human
rights or the standards as to treatment
of prisoners;
assistance to prisoners.
Regarding certain groups of
prisoners the following violations were
revealed:
Patients with tuberculosis:
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lack of in-service and advanced
training for institutional health care
personnel;
•
handling of medical documentation
in ways incompatible with the
requirements of the current legislation;
•
inappropriate implementation of joint
orders of the Ministry of Justice of
Ukraine and Ministry of Health Care
of Ukraine as to provision of medical
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at Kyiv remand prison the conditions for TB patients, especially those with the
contagious form, are unsatisfactory: for lack of ventilation system the rooms are stuffy,
smelly, humid and filled with cigarette smoke, which is not conducive to recovery.
Stationary UV germicidal lamps are not available. The patients are not provided with
disposable spitting cups.
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in Olshany penitentiary (No. 53) the
isolation ward for prisoners suffering
from contagious tuberculosis is in
unsuitable premises (inadequate
ventilation system, absence of UV
lamps);
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in Seleznivka penitentiary (No. 143) the
health care post established instead of
a medical unit has no X-ray room;
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