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therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service [email protected] Legal provisions Polish Penal Code established three systems of execution of imprisonment punishment: • regular • program’s impact • therapeutic Various types of therapeutic units therapeutic units psychic disfunction and mentally disabled total number: 22 capacity: 1567 alcohol addicted total number: 18 capacity: 590 drug addicted total number: 12 capacity: 447 Distinctive features of therapeutic unit • • • • • Place Special rules Base for therapy Therapeutic team Programme 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 fulltime positions 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) Placement of therapeutic units in the country Lubliniec Prison Characteristics of programme • • • • Drug-free Cognitive-behavioural Time limited (6 months) Endorsed by General Director of Prison Service Criteria for acceptance • 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 means necessary to run the programme Content of a programme 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Orientation to treatment Cognitive skills Interpersonal skills Criminal lifestyles Relapse Wellness Transition Benefits for inmates • Knowledge • Skills • Motivation • Not to waste their time spent in prison The scale of operations • 800-1000 drug addicted inmates undergo therapy every year • about 80-85% of them finish the program 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.) Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service [email protected]
