This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there. The study covered individuals from 35 units, including prisoners from 15 penitentiary facilities and 4 detention centres, as well as juveniles from 8 youth educational centres and 8 correctional facilities. The research also involved educators from those units who presented the religious life of convicts and detainees from their own perspective. The empirical part was preceded by considerations on the social and individual significance of religion and an outline of international and national (Polish and German) standards of religious freedom, including in post-criminal isolation units.
This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there.
Social and individual significance of religion Religious freedom of
adults and children: a reconstruction of international and Polish standards
Religious freedom of adults and children deprived of their liberty in post-
criminal isolation units: international standards Religious freedom of
adults and children deprived of their liberty in post- criminal isolation
units: Polish standards Religious freedom of adults and children deprived
of liberty in post- criminal isolation centres in the Federal Republic of
Germany Exercise of religious freedom in penitentiary facilities,
correctional facilities and youth educational centres: results of a survey
Olga Sitarz is an associate professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) and a specialist in criminal law, criminology and penal enforcement law. She is a former judge of the District Court in Katowice and an active mediator at the Silesian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation. Anna Jaworska-Wieloch, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) and a specialist in criminal law, criminology and penal enforcement law. Jakub Hanc is a PhD student at the Doctoral School, University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland).