NCJ Number
167868
Journal
American Jails Volume: 9 Issue: 5 Dated: (November/December 1995) Pages: 83-84,86
Date Published
1995
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article provides an overview of the Ukrainian criminal justice system, with attention to corrections, as well as the author's training of Ukrainian criminal justice/health care personnel.
Abstract
In the Ukraine, the police and detention/corrections systems are under the jurisdiction of the military. Arrested persons can be detained in district police lockups for a maximum of 10 days. Remand prisons (jails) and police lockups can refuse admission of intoxicated arrestees who are sent to hospitals and returned to custody when detoxified. Sentenced prisoners work in factory shops 7-8 hours per day, and they earn a small wage for working in the factories, with monies used partially to buy needed personal items. The juvenile wing of the remand center, housing 14- to 18-year-old serious offenders, also houses one carefully selected, nonpredatory adult offender, whose job it is to keep order. The medical/mental health evaluation is usually begun the day after intake. Only juvenile and female prisoners are allowed contact visits. The author conducted 5 days of training for more than 400 personnel from custody, medical/mental health, and administration from throughout the 25 regions of the Ukraine. The author introduced a style of training that was new to the Ukrainian criminal justice personnel, i.e., participatory training. Likewise, the concept of participatory management was apparently new to them. The subjects taught included suicide prevention, custody procedures, discipline, and mental health. Correctional officer salaries are approximately $25 to $30 per month in U.S. dollars; annual staff turnover is only 4 percent.