Prison System
The State Department of Ukraine for Enforcement of Sentences oversees the prison system of Ukraine.
As of 2007, the total prison population in Ukraine was 240,000 people out of the 48 million population.
Prisons in Ukraine are classified as pre-trial or remand prisons (SIZO), high security prisons, medium security prisons, and low security prisons.
Those who are charged with criminal offenses which entail sentencing for three years or more are arrested and held before trial in investigative isolaton during the period of criminal investigation and after sentencing is moved to the prison as indicated by the courts in the sentencing decision. Bail is rarely used by courts in Ukraine.
Read more about this topic: Ukrainian Law
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