Human rights organisations have expressed concern about conditions for prisoners in Ukraine's jails, but the Berezhany juvenile detention facility is trying to provide a more humane regime that prepares children for their eventual release.

These are the boys of Berezhany - prisoners in one of Ukraine's 10 juvenile detention centres. This a model facility where children are kept separately from adults and where their health and educational needs are taken care of. For the...
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Human rights organisations have expressed concern about conditions for prisoners in Ukraine's jails, but the Berezhany juvenile detention facility is trying to provide a more humane regime that prepares children for their eventual release.

These are the boys of Berezhany - prisoners in one of Ukraine's 10 juvenile detention centres. This a model facility where children are kept separately from adults and where their health and educational needs are taken care of. For the majority of Ukraine's prisoners, however, including most of the children who are not kept here, conditions are far worse.
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