Evaluation and prospects for development of the therapeutic system of imprisonment

Abstract

This publication focuses on the problems of imprisonment relating to those sen-tenced with mental disorders, addicted to drugs or other means of intoxication, as well as the physically handicapped. The proposals in this work are based not only on the study of specialized literature and an analysis of legislative measures, but also on pilot studies in therapeutic wards all over Poland. In the conclusions the proposals de lege lata and de lege ferenda have been included, with reference to this important feature of prison services.