Selected aspects of the penitentiary situation of persons with intellectual disabilities Cover Image

Wybrane aspekty odbywania kary pozbawienia wolności przez osoby z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną
Selected aspects of the penitentiary situation of persons with intellectual disabilities

Author(s): Sandra Malinowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Criminology
Published by: Wydawnictwo OR TWP w Szczecinie
Keywords: intellectual disability; prison system; therapeutic system

Summary/Abstract: The article presents selected aspects of the penitentiary situation of persons with intellectual disabilities in Poland. The considerations take into account the historical outline of the evolution of the prison system in this respect and the approach to prisoners with this kind of dysfunction. In addition, issues related to the imprisonment of persons with intellectual disability in the therapeutic system were also discussed, which were supplemented with statistical data showing the number of intellectually disabled prisoners in 2008–2016.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-19
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Polish