Rys historyczny, rola i znaczenie kapelana – przywódcy duchownego w więziennictwie na przykładzie USA
Historical Outline, Role and Importance of the Chaplain – Clergy Leader in the Prison System Using the Example of the USA
Author(s): Grzegorz A. SkrobotowiczSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: USA; clergy leader; freedom of conscience and religion; penitentiary system; prison chaplaincy; chaplain
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to characterize the role and significance of chaplains – spiritual leaders for convicted individuals – within the process of serving an isolation-based prison sentence in the United States. Methodologically, the article takes a review-based approach and relies on an analysis of English-language sources, including selected rulings of American courts, in which the titular issue has been explored from a multidimensional perspective.
Journal: Kościół i Prawo
- Issue Year: 14/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 193-209
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
