Alla SHUTPompidou Group expertUkraine2013

Drugs in Prisons - Interventions in Ukraine

Drugs in Ukraine: some statisticsPopulation of Ukraine - about 45 ml of people

Official statistics on the end of 2012:

146 458 - registered drug user (0,3% of population)

75 128 - diagnosed as “drug addicts”

REAL FIGURES COULD BE 4-5 TIMES BIGGER

147 112 – total number of imprisoned

21 176 - prisoners are being behind

the bars for the illicit drugs

169 health care institutions

10 TB hospitals

9 general hospitals

3 specialized hospitals

147 medical units

Health Care Institutions of The State Penitentiary Service

of Ukraine

Zaporozhye region – 1,8 ml people 6 243 - registred as drug users 2 189 - diagnosed as “drug addicts”

7 743 – total number

of imprisoned 1713 - prisoners are

being behind the bars

for the illicit drugs

POMPIDY GROUP PROJECTS IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION

to assist local authorities in organizing continuous treatment care for drug users in custodial settings;

to develop local law enforcement practices in line with the European Court of Human Rights and recommendations of the Committee for Prevention of Torture;

to foster co-operation between

social, educational, health and law

enforcement agencies in tackling

drug problems at regional and

national level.

Project "Drugs in prisons“ 2011

Experts

Project in the Melitopol correctional institution for juvenile girls

Dutch experts

Sessions in the Melitopol correctional institution for juvenile girls

Motivational interviewing;

Adolescence, mental disturbances;

Introduction of risk assessment: risk factors and protecting factors;

Practicing social skills and

moral dilemmas.

Prevention is better that treatment

Treatment is better than harm reduction

Harm reduction is better than doing nothing

Alla SHUTPompidou Group expertUkraine2013