An Inside Look: Conditions for Women Held in Punishment Cells (SHIZO) in Belarusian Penal Colonies
Natalia Dulina, a former political prisoner and associate professor of the Italian language department at MSLU, shared her experience of...
Prison Has No Female Face
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Women Behind Bars — an Alarming Barometer of Society
The situation of imprisoned women in the country’s penitentiary system remains extremely difficult. As emphasized by Vasili Zavadski, a physician...
A Prison That Does Not Let Go: How Formerly Imprisoned Women Live with the Echo of the Past
For many women who have experienced imprisonment, release from prison does not mean the end of suffering. On the contrary,...
Psychiatry According to a 20-Year-Old Instruction: How Women Are Treated in Penal Colonies
Women in detention remain without effective psychological and psychiatric assistance, despite formally existing laws and regulations. Psychiatrist Pavel Perepyolkin explains...
What Women Feel After a Belarusian Prison
What happens to women after their release? It turns out that behind bars, not only freedom is left behind, but...
Why Cooperation with the Administration Exists in a Women’s Penal Colony
In a women’s colony, the term “political prisoner” is not used, and inmates serving long sentences often cooperate with the...
Healthcare Behind Bars Through the Eyes of Natalia Dulina
In a penal colony, even pills become a means of control. Former political prisoner and former associate professor of the...
Women’s Colony — Life Without Silence and Freedom
In a women’s penal colony, personal space becomes a tool of control. In detention, constant noise and overcrowding turn into...
Analysis of the Results of the Study “Women’s Health in Belarusian Prison”
This study presents the results of a survey of 31 women who have experience of detention in Belarusian penal institutions....
What Is the Situation of Women in Belarusian Prisons? A Report from the Conference
On June 25 in Vilnius, the conference “Women in Detention: The Invisible Pain of the Belarusian Penitentiary System” took place,...