Franciszek Korwin-Maternicki (1815–1899) – nadzorca i ekspert więzienny, pedagog penitencjarny oraz działacz społeczny Królestwa Polskiego
Franciszek Korwin-Maternicki (1815–1899) – prison inspector and expert, penitentiary pedagogue and social activist of the Kingdom of Poland

Summary/Abstract: The inspiration for the biography of Franciszek Korwin-Maternicki, a representative of the prison system of the Kingdom of Poland, was the information included in the regulation of the Governmental Committee for Internal Affairs and Clergy of July 3 (15) 1853 about his achievements for the moral improvement of minors prisoners by establishing prison schools. The aim of the article is to present a little-known figure of Franciszek Korwin-Maternicki, who for 32 years served as a prison inspector in the Kingdom of Poland. The subject of the analysis will be his professional and social activities. Franciszek Korwin-Maternicki, despite the fact that he was an official representing the tsarist authority in the Kingdom of Poland, through his humanitarian activities he was an outstanding figure, both as a practitioner and penitentiary pedagogue, as well as a committed social activist.

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