The shape of the prison sentence on Polish lands from the 15th century until the fall of the Duchy of Warsaw
The shape of the prison sentence on Polish lands from the 15th century until the fall of the Duchy of Warsaw

Summary/Abstract: Former Polish law, in terms of broadly understood prison sentences, provided forseveral significantly different forms of isolation. These differences were a consequenceof the entities to which they could be applied, the method of execution, and the conse-quences of application (disgraceful or non-disgraceful measure). The place where it wasperformed also varied—it could be dungeons, fortresses, castles, monasteries, prisons,inns rented for this purpose, or the convict’s own home. The penalty of imprisonment,becoming a sanction, clearly accelerated the change from the medieval system of execut-ing penalties, based on corporal punishment, towards modern penal systems, based onisolation, as an independent and dominant penal sanction

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