Obrazovanje u zatvoru: od prava do realizacije
Prison education: From the right to realisation

Summary/Abstract: Increasing number of returnees, congestion of prisons and bad conditions in prisons do not indicate that the society is coping with delinquency in best possible way. Since 1980s in most western countries and in our country also the concpet of social rehabilitation is being criticised for not bringing a drop in the crime rate or recidivsm. Problem which societies are facing is how to prepare prisoners, while they still serve a sentence, for inegration into society once they have left prison. To achieve this goal education can play a very important role. In this article we will treat different aspects of prison education: how it is regulated by the state and what is its purpose, what is the current situation in our and other countries for prisoners to embrace their right to education, what are the obstacles for education in prisons. On of the main preconditions for imlementation and success of education programmes in prisons is the motivation of inmates to participate. We will show one part of the study conducted in two correctional facilities (Požarevac and Sremaska Mitrovica) on motivation of prisoners for education and their educational needs.

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