Programmes Supporting the Process of Social Rehabilitation of Prisoners in Prisons
(Selected Examples). Cover Image

Programy wspierające proces readaptacji społecznej skazanych w zakładach karnych (Wybrane przykłady).
Programmes Supporting the Process of Social Rehabilitation of Prisoners in Prisons (Selected Examples).

Author(s): Anna Witkowska-Paleń
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Sociology, Criminology, Penal Policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
Keywords: prison service; offenders; social reintegration; rehabilitation; reintegration programmes; barriers to prisoner reintegration;

Summary/Abstract: This article has review character. Its analysis concentrates on selected programmes of social rehabilitation of prisoners which are realized in polish prisons. These programmes are formed by penitentiary personnel and usually have original project. They allow to overcome the barriers to social rehabilitation of prisoners. The author analyses the programmes and projects which are realized in two penitentiary institutions in Podkarpackie Voivodship – in prison for women functioning in Remand Prisionin Nisko and in prison for men in Rzeszów-Załęże. The starting point of discussion are in this article the main problems of prisoners that hinder them effective social rehabilitation and therefore there are the barriers of proper functioning in society after leaving the prison. Such problems include first of all the broken or disturbed relationships with family, insufficient education, qualifications and professional experience, social skills defi cit, passivity and helplessness in the implementation of daily affairs, abuse of alcohol and drugs, inability to control negative emotions, inability to cope with stress and frustration, inability to build positive relationships with others and on the other hand reluctance to prisoners and their stigmatization in society.

  • Issue Year: 25/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 177-194
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish