prisoners

penitentiary rehabilitation

institutions and forms of penitentiary

and post-penitentiary rehabilitation

Persons serving imprisonment penalties are often perceived by the society as having various disorders, which can lead to fear of such people. The convicts are seen as persons who do not accept the generally accepted axiological categories and as a threat to the social order. Therefore, it is so important that, during the time of imprisonment, the process of rehabilitation becomes efficient to allow inmates to return to the normal life on leaving prison. The purpose of the following article is to present the findings concerning the prisoners of the Detention Ward in Piotrków Trybunalski and forms of their penitential rehabilitation. The primary source of information that enabled the preparation of the paper are the data obtained from in-depth interviews with prisoners. The paper discusses the issue from a psychosocial perspective.