Korzystanie z pomocy postpenitencjarnej przez odbywających karę pozbawienia wolności i ich rodziny
The use of post-penitentiary assistance by people serving a sentence of imprisonment and their families

Summary/Abstract: In terms of the Executive Penal Code, in order to facilitate social readaptation and, in particular, to prevent recidivism, the convicted prisoners and their families should be provided with the necessary assistance, especially material, medical, in finding work and accommodation, as well as legal advice (Journal of Laws 1997, no. 90, item 557, as amended). The literature on the subject finds that the purpose of post-penitentiary assistance is to provide material and psychological support to prisoners released from prisons and their families. It plays a significant role in the process of reintegration of people into society and in preventing their return to crime after the process of isolation (R. Musidłowski, Pomoc postpenitencjarna w systemie pomocy społecznej [in:] T. Bulenda, R. Musidłowski (ed.), System penitencjarny i postpenitencjarny w Polsce, Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Warsaw 2003, p. 274). Taking the above into account, the subject of the article is the problem of the use of post-penitentiary assistance by people serving a sentence of imprisonment and their families, based on the analysis of the results of surveys conducted among people serving a sentence of imprisonment

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