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CPT Visit to Moldova in June 2025: Prison Subculture as a Systemic Threat

CPT Visit to Moldova in June 2025: Prison Subculture as a Systemic Threat

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yagunov10.02.202610.02.2026

In early June 2025, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to…

Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Faced Systematic Torture, Report Finds

Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Faced Systematic Torture, Report Finds

Crime preventionEventsHispanic-American gangsInformal prisoner hierarchiesNewsPrevention of torturePrison gangPrison gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureReportResearchStaff
yagunov19.11.202519.11.2025

More than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and…

David Pyrooz, Scott Decker, Mark Fleisher: From the Street to the Prison, from the Prison to the Street: Understanding and Responding to Prison Gangs

David Pyrooz, Scott Decker, Mark Fleisher: From the Street to the Prison, from the Prison to the Street: Understanding and Responding to Prison Gangs

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yagunov15.10.202515.10.2025
Marek Kaminski, Kamil Miszewski: Polish Prison Subculture Before and After 1989: Views from the Inside

Marek Kaminski, Kamil Miszewski: Polish Prison Subculture Before and After 1989: Views from the Inside

Informal prisoner hierarchiesPolandPrison gangPrison gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureReportResearch
yagunov13.09.202514.09.2025
‘Zhigany’ and “Urki”: From the White Guards to ‘Thieves-in-Law’

‘Zhigany’ and “Urki”: From the White Guards to ‘Thieves-in-Law’

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yagunov13.09.202513.09.2025

The modern self-designations of ‘thieves’ such as ‘law-abiding’, ‘lawful thieves’, and ‘thieves-in-law’ also originate from the pre-Revolutionary subculture of the…

Kamil Miszewski: Prison Subculture in Poland Before and After 1989

Kamil Miszewski: Prison Subculture in Poland Before and After 1989

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yagunov07.09.2025
The 2025 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: Dmytro Yagunov. Informal prison hierarchies in the 21 century: subculture, trends and social control

The 2025 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: Dmytro Yagunov. Informal prison hierarchies in the 21 century: subculture, trends and social control

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yagunov06.09.202506.09.2025
Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons

Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons

Dmytro YagunovDr Dmytro YagunovDr. Dmytro YagunovEstoniaExpertsInformal prisoner hierarchiesLatviaLithuaniaMoldovaPrevention of torturePrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureReportResearchRussiaUkraine
yagunov23.07.202523.07.2025

In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that…

Dmytro Yagunov. Prison Policy as a Component of Social Control: Between Penological Pessimism and the Rehabilitation Paradigm

Dmytro Yagunov. Prison Policy as a Component of Social Control: Between Penological Pessimism and the Rehabilitation Paradigm

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yagunov25.06.202525.06.2025

This monograph was prepared and published during my work and research at the University of Tübingen as part of the…

Penal Reform International: Security and violence (Global Prison Trends 2025)

Penal Reform International: Security and violence (Global Prison Trends 2025)

Dmytro YagunovDr Dmytro YagunovDr. Dmytro YagunovInformal prisoner hierarchiesPrison and street gangsPrison gangPrison gangsPrison hierarchiesPrison subcultureReportResearch
yagunov02.06.202502.06.2025

Prison systems globally continue to report high levels of violence, with a myriad of drivers and impacts for people in…

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