ZATVORSKE BIBLIOTEKE U ZATVORSKOM SISTEMU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
PRISON LIBRARIES IN THE PRISON SYSTEM OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: The goal of sentencing and execution of a prison sentence is primarily resocialization and reintegration of the perpetrator into society, after its execution. In the prison system and the prison system, various ways of achieving the stated goals are foreseen through programs and treatments that are carried out through activities that prisoners perform in prisons, such as: work, education, adequate use of free time, various special educations, then sports activities, creative workshops, reading books, writing literary works, carrying out a series of therapies within the rehabilitation program that are connected to the above activities, etc. In this direction, the authors of this paper presented the importance of the existence of libraries and the richness of the library fund, as well as the state of prison libraries in the prison system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a short introduction to the prison system and the prison system in B&H, they paid special attention to therapeutic work and the importance of libraries for rehabilitation, then education, the importance of various special educations, some training in the field of informatics, and reading books in their free time as a form of creative and therapeutic workshops. A very important part of the work is the results of research on the state of libraries in the prison system in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the answer to the hypothesis "Library fund in prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina does not meet the needs of prisoners". After conducting interviews and analyzing questionnaires conducted in several prisons in B&H, the authors draw conclusions about the number and content of the library fund, concluding whether the current situation meets the needs of prisoners in prisons. In the end, they suggest how to improve the situation in prisons in terms of enriching prison libraries, and therefore enable the implementation of education programs, useful use of free time and, ultimately, ensure better resocialization.

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