Prisoners’ and penitentiary educators’ opinions about the work of persons deprived of liberty Cover Image

Opinie osadzonych i wychowawców penitencjarnych na temat pracy wykonywanej przez osoby pozbawione wolności
Prisoners’ and penitentiary educators’ opinions about the work of persons deprived of liberty

Author(s): Agnieszka Pytka, Agnieszka Lewicka-Zelent
Subject(s): Labor relations, Penology, Penal Policy
Published by: Fundacja Pedagogium
Keywords: work; prisoner; penitentiary educators;

Summary/Abstract: Work is one of the most important human activities, considering its many values. Therefore, the aim is to ensure that detained persons can take up work or continue it while remaining in isolation. Nevertheless, when arranging effective interactions related to the employment of convicts, it is worth knowing their opinions on this topic. The one-sided picture of the phenomenon may be distorted, and therefore it was decided to get to know the opinions of penitentiary educators and their charges on the work performed by persons deprived of liberty. The research carried out at the turn of 2018 and 2019 used the method of a diagnostic survey. The tools were proprietary questionnaires: for convicted persons (N = 396) and for educators employed while serving a sentence of imprisonment (N = 326). The conducted statistical analyzes revealed many statistically significant differences between the opinions of the compared groups of people, in particular related to: the causes and effects of work performed by prisoners and their involvement in it.

  • Issue Year: 21/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 313-317
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish