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Personal Security of the Officers of The Polish Prison Service

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Gierszewski J., Kwiatkowski A.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2021

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vol. 35(35)

102-122

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Objective and problem: The aim is to know the opinions of the Polish prison officers (security department) about personal security while on duty. The main question is: How do prison officers perceive their security while on duty? Methodology: The authors use literature analysis as well as the analysis of statistical data and of phenomena occurring in society. A diagnostic survey using the interview technique played an important role in the empirical part. The survey was conducted in 2020, in a group of 320 prison officers from various prison units, using the author’s questionnaire. Conclusions: The personal security of prison officers is about their perception of dangerous situations (threats) in the workplace. The issue is mainly concerned with emergency situations: physical hazards (e.g. damage to health), mental hazards (e.g. after a suicidal act is revealed) and legal protection (e.g. in case of slander). Results: Direct contact with prisoners makes the work of an officer of the Prison Service dangerous and stressful, but the officer has adequate professional preparation and technical means to repel the attack. The authors identified significant threats and dangerous places, as well as assessed the effectiveness of the measures aimed at boosting a prison guard’s safety.

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The concept and example of assistance aid as a form of support in the social reintegration of prisoners in the context of the activity of the Roman Catholic parish

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Marczak Ł.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(6)

117-134

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The aim of the article is to present the assistance aid and forms of support for prisoners undergoing the process of social reintegration in a religious community. A special area of values is the inclusion of the sustainable development principle in the scope of activities aimed at the reintegration process, organized mainly based on the applied subsidiarity principle. The article uses sociological qualitative methods, mainly the case study method based on the sociological observation of the convict and the person supervising him/her, which is included in the category of assistance support. The employment contract of the convicted person in charity work in the parish and spontaneous interviews conducted in the context of the activities of the supervisors were analysed. The result of the conducted observations and analyses is the determination of the purposefulness of the sustainable development principle in the reintegration process. This detailed social principium in the perspective of moderate anthropocentrism strengthens the reintegration process the most by optimizing the working time that a convict in the parish can perform for the environment. The working time saving index, which is the conclusion of the analyses, allows to expand the functionality of the parish as a social institution and improves the chain of goals pursued by the convict. The value of the natural environment does not play a significant role in these activities, because in the perspective of moderate anthropocentrism, the most important value is the person and activities aimed at reintegration in social life. The main form of support for an assistant is accompanying and enabling responsible use of parish resources.

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Opinia prawna w sprawie określenia zasad opodatkowania przychodów funkcjonariuszy Służby Więziennej z tytułu pomocy finansowej, o której mowa w art. 184 ust. 1 ustawy o Służbie Więziennej

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Kulicki J.

Zeszyty Prawnicze BAS

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2013

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issue 2(38)

219-225

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The opinion deals with the rules of taxation of gains from financial assistance for acquiring accommodation, available for functionaries of the Prison Service who are in active service. The analysis covers the existing legal framework, as well as court and administrative practice in this area. The author points out that the said assistance meets the criteria to be considered revenue resulting from a services relationship within the meaning of the Natural Persons’ Income tax Act. This revenue is not exempt from income tax, and the Act does not specify separate (other than general) rules for establishing the moment of obtaining revenue fro that type of benefits. In such case, general principles are applicable, regardless of whether the assistance is deemed nonrefundable at the time of payment or after fifteen years of service.

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The Manifestation of Terrorism and Extremism in Prisons

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Brunová M., Vegrichtová B.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2020

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vol. 31(31)

110-116

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The paper deals with prison facilities from the perspective of the security threats of radicalization and terrorism. Prisons are continuously assessed as an ideal recruitment pool for extremist and terrorist organizations. Prison environment concentrates various persons with criminal past and with the tendencies to accept different ideological doctrines or radical interpretations of religions. Many of prisoners suffer from stress, lack of social and family support, uncertain future, depressions and frustration. Such factors could initiate or accelerate radicalization process in correctional facilities. This security problem is in contemporary days discussed in many European countries. All security experts and academic institutions came to the fact, that the crucial attribute of this issue is prevention and appropriate identification of the indicators of radicalization. The paper gives an overview of the most significant findings in this field, summarizes the experiences of Czech Republic and gives examples of good practices.

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Formal technical and security requirements regarding lodgings for prisoners in the context of responsibility for security

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Sękowski P.

Polish Journal of Political Science

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2019

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vol. 5

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issue 3

101-117

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With a view to the importance of technical safeguards for lodgings used in the Prison Service the article draws attention to the common approach to security in the Prison Service, which should be modified in the context of specific requirements tak ing into account the threats typical of this professional environment. By indicating security as a fundamental value in constructing the rules for the functioning of the Prison Service, the Author analyzes legal requirements aimed at obligating officers in charge to provide appropriate conditions for both officers and inmates. Particular attention has been paid to technical safeguards as important security measures in penitentiary services.

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The Manifestation of Terrorism and Extremism in Prisons

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Brunová M., Vegrichtová B.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2019

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vol. 31(31)

110-116

EN

The paper deals with prison facilities from the perspective of the security threats of radicalization and terrorism. Prisons are continuously assessed as an ideal recruitment pool for extremist and terrorist organizations. Prison environment concentrates various persons with criminal past and with the tendencies to accept different ideological doctrines or radical interpretations of religions. Many of prisoners suffer from stress, lack of social and family support, uncertain future, depressions and frustration. Such factors could initiate or accelerate radicalization process in correctional facilities. This security problem is in contemporary days discussed in many European countries. All security experts and academic institutions came to the fact, that the crucial attribute of this issue is prevention and appropriate identification of the indicators of radicalization. The paper gives an overview of the most significant findings in this field, summarizes the experiences of Czech Republic and gives examples of good practices.

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Web-based training in opinions of students from Norwegian and Polish prison service

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Andersen K., Strzelec M., Skotte S.-E.

International Journal of Pedagogy, Innovation and New Technologies

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2017

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vol. 4(1)

2-7

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The article describes essential observations and research analysis which resulted from joint actions between educators of penitentiary training centers in Poland and Norway. This is a summary of the report The effects of bilateral cooperation between Polish and Norwegian penitentiary education centers (Andersen et al., 2015). Training schemes in the prison services touch very peculiar areas of education, where there are not many researches describing this subject, and even fewer comparisons describing tasks and training models of two penitentiary systems. Thus this paper presents the research which is probably being the only one joint attempt of examining two systems of trainings for prison service in Poland and Norway. The general conclusion resulting from the researched material is that the use of e-learning in Norwegian penitentiary system trainings is backed up by greater experience which is obviously noticeable, while the respondents of both penitentiary institutions have the same and decent views about blended-learning.

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Developing Introspection Skills, Coping with Stress Versus Anxiety Level and a Sense of Self-efficacy in Officers of the Prison Service Intervention Groups

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Łapiński P., Poklek R., Truszczyński O., Sołtys Z., Zieliński P., Markuszewski L.

Internal Security

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2015

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vol. 7(2)

157-172

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The article discusses the problems of the Prison Service intervention groups responsible for the preventionand elimination of threats in conditions of prison isolation. The position of the intervention groups is characterised accordingto the structure of the prison security department, its tasks and the method of training the guards. The goal of the research wasto establish the relations between the implementation of the activities affecting the ability to introspectively analyse their stateof mind and reduce stress and anxiety and the level of subjective belief in their own efficacy in difficult situations. Research carriedout during the training of intervention groups were based on standardized psychological tests, the measurement of which wasmade twice; at the beginning and end of the programme. The authors present a study, whose aim was to establish a relationshipbetween the organisation of courses reinforcing the ability to introspectively analyse one’s own state of mind and stress reductionversus anxiety level, and the subjective sense of self-efficacy in difficult situations. The research was carried out during the trainingof intervention groups on the basis of standardised psychological tests. The survey was made twice — at the beginning and the endof the training. The study involved 113 officers (58 in an experimental group and 55 in a control group). An independent variableintroduced in the experimental group was the training reinforcing introspective analyses of one’s own state of mind and reductionof stress, while the control group was deprived of such training.

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Zachowania korupcyjne osadzonych (wstępne wyniki badań)

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Pływaczewski E. W., Szczygieł G. B.

Archiwum Kryminologii

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2006

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issue XXVIII

299-311

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An analysis of the research questionnaires shows that most respondents (64%) think corruption is a significant problem of the Prison Service. Twenty-eight respondents (14%) quoted having received a corruption offer from a convict. If we consider the fact that one out of 7 respondents received a corruption offer and every second respondent thinks corruption is a significant issue, such an assessment does not reflect the experience of most people who deemed corruption a significant issue, but rather their feelings of threat or concern. Certainly, such feelings might be influenced by the multitude of such information in the media. In the newspapers, and inthe Penitentiary Forum which reaches every Prison Service member in particular, there are detailed accounts of specific cases of corrupt practices that were uncovered. As concerns corruption offers, we have to underline that they were twice more frequently addressed to warders than to counsellors. As stated in the survey, 19 warders and 9 counsellors admitted having received such offers. The fact that corruption offers were more often addressed at warders than counsellors might be explained to some extent by the fact that prisoners have more contact with the warders than the counsellors (prison yard, baths).

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The Sense of Security of the Prison Service Officers

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Poklek R.

Internal Security

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2020

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vol. 12(1)

255-266

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The concept of security is presented ambiguously depending on the scientific discipline. From a sociological point of view, it means an objective state of no threat, integrally associated with subjective, emotional, psychological deprivation of space as safe, otherwise referred to as a sense of security. In turn, in legal terms, it means all conditions and social institutions protecting the state and citizens against phenomena dangerous to the legal order and to the life and health of citizens. From a psychological point of view, the need for security is one of the fundamental needs of both individual individuals and entire social groups. Its satisfaction provides a sense of confidence and a guarantee of lack or minimal risk threatening valuable values such as life, health, optimal living standards and material goods. Everyone, to fulfil their tasks assigned to the social role, must feel safe. This is particularly important in the case of people who, because of their profession, are supposed to protect security and other people, and such a professional group is the Prison Service. The paper presents the results of the research carried out using the Uchanst’s Sense of Security Questionnaire of the Confederation of National Defence among officers of the Prison Service who undergo vocational training at the Central Training Centre of the Prison Service in Kalisz. The research has shown a optimal level of general sense of security and factors which make up the sense of security syndrome, which is, the sense of closeness, stability and mutual trust.

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Kształcenie na poziomie wyższym w polskim więziennictwie – cel do osiągnięcia czy perspektywiczne wyzwanie?

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Pietruszka N.

Pedagogika Szkoły Wyższej

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2013

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issue 2

111-124

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Educational processes as an issue, concern not only the society as a whole, but also the part of it, which happens to be rejected, stigmatized and sometimes even isolated. In the period in which the processes of rehabilitation undergo crisis and prison service is looking for effective solutions to reduce recidivism rates, noticing how important education is in the correctional process of a convict is essential. As an educated prisoner is the one who is equipped with instruments giving him or her more opportunities to assimilate into society after leaving a penitentiary unit. Acquisition of professional quali fi cations, education at a secondary level, general, technical or even higher, give a much greater chance of re-adaptation to the environment after serving a sentence.

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Kobiety w służbie więziennej

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Karaszewska H., Muskała M.

Resocjalizacja Polska

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2012

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issue 3/2012

73 - 88

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Artykuł porusza problematykę związaną z pracą kobiet w służbach mundurowych ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem wykonywania przez nie zawodu Funkcjonariusza Służby Więziennej. Zaprezentowane w nim zostały kwestie prawne dotyczące równego traktowania kobiet i mężczyzn w miejscu pracy, formalnych czynników wpływających na ich zatrudnienie, statusu kobiet w więzieniu, a także problemów ich funkcjonowania w roli zawodowej. Artykuł prezentuje także wyniki badań przeprowadzonych w Polsce i na świecie, dotyczące funkcjonowania kobiet w zakładzie karnym i ich relacji z funkcjonariuszami Służby Więziennej, a także osadzonymi.

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The article discusses the problems of women who work in the uniformed services with the particular emphasis on the performing of the occupation of the prison service. It presents the legal issues relating to equal treatment of men and women in the workplace, formal factors influencing their employment, the status of women in prison, and the problems of their conducting in the professional role. The article also presents the results of research conducted in Poland and all over the world, on the functioning of women in prison and their relations with officers of the Prison Service, as well as with inmates.

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Organizacja systemu penitencjarnego w Polsce po 1989 roku

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Kosiacki W. S.

Studia Gdańskie

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2018

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issue 43

115-126

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Współczesny polski system penitencjarny opiera się na zasadzie humanitaryzmu, indywidualizacji, odpowiedzialności, wolnej progresji. System ten został poszerzony o społeczną samorządność, która ma wpływ na instytucje izolacji, a wykonywanie orzeczeń jest jawne i gwarantuje humanitarne traktowanie skazanych jako podmiotów określonych praw i obowiązków. W systemie penitencjarnym obowiązuje ochrona społeczeństwa i przestrzeganie bezpieczeństwa skazanych w zakładach karnych. Zważywszy na fakt, że u większości skazanych dominują deficyty psychologiczne, współczesna psychologia, także penitencjarna, stara się je zredukować lub wyeliminować poprzez programy resocjalizacyjne i readaptacyjne. Reformy więziennictwa zapoczątkowane po 1989 r. miały chronić społeczeństwo przed przestępczością, a jednocześnie zapewnić skazanym humanitarne i praworządne warunki odbywania kar. Na przemiany przemożny wpływ miał m.in. Kościół katolicki. 1 września 1987 r. Episkopat Polski ustanowił Urząd Naczelnego Kapelana Więziennictwa, a osadzonym zapewniono prawo do wykonywania praktyk religijnych. W zakładach karnych obok psychologów i pedagogów pojawili się kapelani. Duszpasterstwo więzienne realizuje ideę ewangelicznego dobra, a dojrzałość religijna współwystępuje z dojrzałą osobowością i konstruktywnymi kontaktami interpersonalnymi.

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The contemporary Polish penitentiary system is based on the principle of humanity, individualization, responsibility, and slow progression. This system has been extended to include social self-governance, which affects the institutions of isolation, while the enforcement of judgments is public and guarantees the humanitarian treatment of convicts as people with specific rights and obligations. In the penitentiary system, protection of the public and care for the safety of convicts in penitentiaries is obligatory. Abuse of prisoners’ rights or failure of the prison officers to perform their duties is punished. Criminal liability is imposed on an officer who physically or mentally abuses a person deprived of liberty. Recognising the fact that most convicts suffer from psychological inadequacies, modern psychology, including penitentiary psychology, strives to reduce or eliminate these through resocialisation and re-adaptation programs. The prison reforms initiated after 1989 were intended to protect society against crime, as well as to provide convicts with humanitarian and legally acceptable conditions. The Catholic Church was a powerful influence in bringing about these changes. On September 1st, 1987, the Polish Episcopate established the office of the Chief Chaplain of Prisons, and prisoners were guaranteed the right to perform religious practices. Chaplains appeared in prisons, alongside psychologists and educationists. Pastoral ministry in prisons implements the idea of the good that the Gospel brings, while religious maturity advances in co-operation with maturity of personality and constructive interpersonal contacts. Since 1989, the Polish prison service has carried out a most spectacular, thorough and exemplary reform of the Polish penitentiary system, which is still an example for many young democracies. The everyday dimension of this service is marked by the endeavour to bring spiritual and moral renewal to the individual, giving hope and a chance for him or her to redeem wrongs done and repair,faults, in accordance with the purpose and mission of the Prison Service.

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Edukacja osadzonych w polskich zakładach karnych i aresztach śledczych

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Kulik P.

Krakowskie Studia Małopolskie

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2022

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vol. 4(36)

107-121

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Celem artykułu jest próba poddania analizie systemu edukacji osadzonych w Polsce. Niniejsza praca powstała w oparciu o dostępną literaturę. Autor podjął próbę znalezienia odpowiedzi na pytania: Jak kształtowały się najważniejsze założenia i uwarunkowania prawne edukacji osadzonych w polskich jednostkach penitencjarnych? Jak wygląda struktura i organizacja systemu edukacji w warunkach izolacji penitencjarnej? Metodologią zastosowaną przy tworzeniu publikacji stało się przeprowadzenie krytycznej analizy aktów prawnych oraz innych dokumentów osiągalnych w Internecie. W trakcie analizy literatury autor zwraca uwagę na fakt, że akty prawne dotyczące edukacji w izolacji penitencjarnej zmieniały się na przestrzeni ostatnich stu lat, jednak zawsze miały one na celu stworzenie osadzonym szansy powrotu na rynek pracy i zapobiegnięcie powrotu do przestępczości.

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The aim of the article is an attempt to analyze the education system of prisoners in Poland. This work is based on the available literature. The author has attempted to answer the following questions: What were the most important assumptions and legal conditions of education of inmates in Polish penitentiary units? What is the structure and organisation of the education system in penitentiary isolation? The methodology used to create the publication was to conduct a critical analysis of legal acts and other documents available on the Internet. In the course of the literature analysis, the author points out that the legislation on education in penitentiary isolation has changed over the last hundred years, but it has always been aimed at giving inmates a chance to re-enter the labour market and prevent a return to crime.

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Programy wspierające proces readaptacji społecznej skazanych w zakładach karnych (Wybrane przykłady)

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Witkowska-Paleń A.

Journal of Modern Science

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2015

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issue 2(25)

177-194

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Th is article has review character. Its analysis concentrates on selected programmes of social rehabilitation of prisoners which are realized in polish prisons. Th ese programmes are formed by penitentiary personnel and usually have original project. Th ey allow to overcome the barriers to social rehabilitation of prisoners. Th e author analyses the programmes and projects which are realized in two penitentiary institutions in Podkarpackie Voivodship – in prison for women functioning in Remand Prision in Nisko and in prison for men in Rzeszów-Załęże. Th e starting point of discussion are in this article the main problems of prisoners that hinder them eff ective social rehabilitation and therefore there are the barriers of proper functioning in society aft er leaving the prison. Such problems include fi rst of all the broken or disturbed relationships with family, insuffi cient education, qualifi cations and professional experience, social skills defi cit, passivity and helplessness in the implementation of daily aff airs, 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.

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Niniejszy artykuł ma charakter przeglądowy. Ukazuje wybrane programy z zakresu społecznej readaptacji więźniów realizowane w zakładach karnych. Są to programy autorskie, tworzone przez kadrę penitencjarną w odpowiedzi na problemy skazanych, stanowiące bariery ich efektywnej resocjalizacji. Analizie poddano programy i projekty realizowane w dwóch jednostkach penitencjarnych w województwie podkarpackim: w zakładzie karnym dla kobiet funkcjonującym na terenie aresztu Śledczego w Nisku oraz w zakładzie karnym dla mężczyzn w Rzeszowie-Załężu. Punktem wyjścia rozważań uczyniono wiodące problemy, utrudniające społeczną readaptację więźniów, stanowiąc tym samym bariery ich bezkonfl iktowego włączania się w życie społeczne po opuszczeniu zakładu karnego. Do takich problemów zaliczyć należy przede wszystkim: zerwane lub zaburzone więzi z rodziną, niski poziom wykształcenia, brak kwalifi kacji i doświadczenia zawodowego, defi cyt umiejętności społecznych, bierność i bezradność w realizacji spraw życia codziennego, skłonność do uzależnień (nadużywanie alkoholu i zażywanie środków odurzających), brak umiejętności kontrolowania negatywnych emocji, radzenia sobie ze stresem w sytuacjach trudnych, nieumiejętność budowania pozytywnych relacji w otoczeniu społecznym, a z drugiej strony niechęć społeczeństwa i stygmatyzacja osób karanych w środowisku społecznym.

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Personal Security of the Officers of The Polish Prison Service

The concept and example of assistance aid as a form of support in the social reintegration of prisoners in the context of the activity of the Roman Catholic parish

Opinia prawna w sprawie określenia zasad opodatkowania przychodów funkcjonariuszy Służby Więziennej z tytułu pomocy finansowej, o której mowa w art. 184 ust. 1 ustawy o Służbie Więziennej

The Manifestation of Terrorism and Extremism in Prisons

Formal technical and security requirements regarding lodgings for prisoners in the context of responsibility for security

The Manifestation of Terrorism and Extremism in Prisons

Web-based training in opinions of students from Norwegian and Polish prison service

Developing Introspection Skills, Coping with Stress Versus Anxiety Level and a Sense of Self-efficacy in Officers of the Prison Service Intervention Groups

Zachowania korupcyjne osadzonych (wstępne wyniki badań)

The Sense of Security of the Prison Service Officers

Kształcenie na poziomie wyższym w polskim więziennictwie – cel do osiągnięcia czy perspektywiczne wyzwanie?

Kobiety w służbie więziennej

Organizacja systemu penitencjarnego w Polsce po 1989 roku

Edukacja osadzonych w polskich zakładach karnych i aresztach śledczych

Programy wspierające proces readaptacji społecznej skazanych w zakładach karnych (Wybrane przykłady)