Effectiveness of post-penitentiary support provided
by the Pro Domo Integration Center in the opinion of inmates. Reference to the results of own research Cover Image

Effectiveness of post-penitentiary support provided by the Pro Domo Integration Center in the opinion of inmates. Reference to the results of own research
Effectiveness of post-penitentiary support provided by the Pro Domo Integration Center in the opinion of inmates. Reference to the results of own research

Author(s): Katarzyna Gucwa-Porębska
Subject(s): Adult Education
Published by: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Instytut Technologii Eksploatacji
Keywords: post-penitentiary assistance; post-penitentiary home; social support; prisoners; reintegration;

Summary/Abstract: Post-penitentiary assistance is a form of social support for persons leaving penalinstitutions. Such support enables adaptation to the non-detention conditions and allowssatisfying basic needs until gaining full independence. There is a number of institutions thatsupport former prisoners and their families in a non-prison environment after serving theirsentence. Special attention should be paid to post-penitentiary care homes, which offer a safeplace to stay for homeless persons leaving prison. The purpose of this paper is to discuss thespecifics of the Pro Domo Integration Centre, which is the only post-penitentiary house inMałopolska for people leaving penitentiary institutions. In addition, in this paper I will refer tothe results of my own study on the effectiveness of post-penitentiary interactions rendered by Pro Domo Integration Centre in relation to the opinions of the house's inhabitants

  • Issue Year: 113/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 49-62
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English