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therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland

therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland. Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service amajcherczyk@czsw.gov.pl. Legal provisions. Polish Penal Code established three systems of execution of imprisonment punishment: regular program’s impact

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therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland

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  1. therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service amajcherczyk@czsw.gov.pl

  2. Legal provisions Polish Penal Code established three systems of execution of imprisonment punishment: • regular • program’s impact • therapeutic

  3. Various types of therapeutic units

  4. Distinctive features of therapeutic unit • Place • Special rules • Base for therapy • Therapeutic team • Programme

  5. Base of the therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners • 12 therapeutic units (capacity: from 24 do 50 places) • Total number of places within the system: 447 • Total number of therapeutic staff: 57 full-time positions

  6. Needs for therapy • 1022 convicted inmates were waiting for therapy (24% increase in comparison with the previous year) • average period of awaiting therapy - 11 months (3 months longer than in the previous year)

  7. Placement of therapeutic units in the country

  8. Lubliniec Prison

  9. Characteristics of programme • Drug-free • Cognitive-behavioural • Time limited (6 months) • Endorsed by General Director of Prison Service

  10. Characteristic of the target group of offenders Goals and objectives Model of change Methods Intensity, sequencing, duration Scope of education Draft of an evaluation Characteristic of a base Staffing pattern Financial meansnecessary to run the programme Criteria for acceptance

  11. Content of a programme • Orientation to treatment • Cognitive skills • Interpersonal skills • Criminal lifestyles • Relapse • Wellness • Transition

  12. Benefits for inmates • Knowledge • Skills • Motivation • Not to waste their time spent in prison

  13. The scale of operations • 800-1000 drug addicted inmates undergo therapy every year about 80-85% of them finish the program

  14. Challenges • Insufficient number of places • The need to refine existing drug-free programmes • Lack of well-performed effectiveness studies • Continuation of the therapy • The need to extent the scope of offer (develop programmes besides therapeutic units, programmes of different kind, harm-reduction programmes in every prison, etc.)

  15. Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service amajcherczyk@czsw.gov.pl

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