Therapy for persons
deprived of liberty in Poland:
Insights from statistical data
Therapy for persons
deprived of liberty in Poland:
Insights from statistical data
Author(s): Adam Kwieciński, Aleksandra Polak-KruszykSubject(s): Criminal Law, Clinical psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: therapeutic system; therapeutic wards; prisoners; mental disorders; ad- dictions; disability; Executive Penal Code; prison therapy; penitentiary statistics; evolution of penal therapy;
Summary/Abstract: In this article, data concerning the therapeutic system of imprisonment in Polandfor the years 1999–2023 is analysed. Changes in the prison population and the numberof convicts within the therapeutic system are presented, taking into account different cat-egories of convicts, types of penitentiaries, and whether the therapy was conducted withinor outside specialized therapeutic wards. The analysis begins with data from 1999, thefirst full year of the new Polish Executive Penal Code, which established the therapeuticsystem as a separate method of serving the penalty of deprivation of liberty (alongsidethe regular system and programme system). The aim of this publication is to present theevolution of the therapy of persons deprived of liberty in Poland over the past 25 years,focusing on quantitative, structural, and organizational aspects. This paper highlights themost important aspects of the therapeutic system in Poland, which have been documentedin official statistical publications.
Journal: Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 70
- Page Range: 35-48
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
