Job satisfaction and a sense of purpose at work among prisoners
Job satisfaction and a sense of purpose at work among prisoners

Summary/Abstract: Work is one of the most important factors of rehabilitation. It instils in prisonersthe spirit of prosocial behavior, and is conducive to developing attitudes generally viewed associally desirable. It is the instrument for achieving re-education as well as preventing recidivism.The high level of sense of work leads to greater satisfaction and involvement of prisoners.It helps one to find him/herself in the labor market after being released from prison.The present research involves 198 hired convicts from Lublin Remand Centre and it hasbeen carried out by applying M. Steger’s WAMI questionnaire, A. Zalewska’s SatisfactionWith Job Scale and the authors’ survey. This research gives an answer to the question: isthere a correlation between job satisfaction and the sense of purpose of work, and are therespondents planning to find a job after their sentence?Prisoners with a higher degree of personal sense of work are more likely to: feel greater satisfactionfrom their work, act for the benefit of the general public, make more realistic plansinvolving their release, and better prepared for finding themselves on the labor market afterexpiration of a sentence. Job satisfaction among working prisoners depends on payment.The high degree of prisoners sense of purpose of work and satisfaction with it are significantfactors of the involvement in the reintegration process.

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