Organizacja i funkcjonowanie ośrodków pozbawienia wolności w Królestwie Polskim (1815–1867) w świetle źródeł. Dotychczasowe ustalenia i perspektywy badawcze
Organization and functioning of detention centres in the Kingdom of Poland 1815–1867 in the light of sources: current findings and further research perspectives

Summary/Abstract: In the nineteenth century, the penalty of imprisonment becomes a basic punishment in many European penal codes, which resulted in a broad discussion about the reform of the prison system, both in Europe and in the Kingdom of Poland. Radically different from the previous penitentiary policy of the authorities of the Kingdom of Poland, it focused mainly on reforms of the organization and operation of prisons. In previous scientific work, relatively little space has been devoted to research into the organization and functioning of detention centres in the Kingdom of Poland. The attention of the researchers focused primarily on theoretical considerations around the then penitentiary doctrines. Only E. Kaczyńska and M. Senkowska conducted broader research based on archival material concerning practical aspects of the functioning of prisons in the Kingdom of Poland, although these works are also fragmentary. Thus, the organization and functioning of prisons in the Kingdom of Poland is still a largely unexplored issue. This is also the future analysis of administrative regulations, in particular from the second half of the nineteenth century and extensive source material preserved in the files of the Governmental Commission of Internal Affairs, voivodship authorities, powiat authorities and municipal documents, which have been preserved in the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, as well as other state archives.

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