The paper discusses the problem of post-penitentiary assistance as a form of support to prisoners who undergo a process of preparation to live at large and need help in their local communities. A major aim of post-penitentiary assistance is not only to prevent social exclusion of prisoners and their families but also their relapse into crime. Various assistance activities are undertaken to achieve this aim including those organised by post-penitentiary and local council institutions and district offices, welfare centres, culture and educational establishments and non-goverment organisations which function at the municipal level. These activities could be observed in particular Polish towns during the partition of Poland when schools and local associations undertook initiatives regarding assistance to prisoners. It is worth noting that in 1918-1939, various forms of support activities were organised by associations such as the ones mentioned above, including ”Patronat” and municipalities, welfare centres, museums, schools and local parishes. Nowadays, local policy plays an important role in post-penitentiary assistance, particularly when a sentence is served. Remand centres, correction institutions cooperate under various projects with local councils and non-government institutions to prepare convicts to live at large.
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Adults education in the sphere of culture plays a significant role in a personal development of a particular person, their skills, abilities, and interests. It enables self –realization and helps in the area of developing social competences. It is considerably important in the case of people serving a sentence of imprisonment, regardless of singular experiences regarding culture. Education activities carried out in penitentiaries have an important pedagogical dimension and their significant aim is to prepare inmates to live at large. A broad culture dimension helps inmates in finding their music, art, and acting interests and abilities and allows to form plans for life at large. Meeting with culture becomes for them a chance to gain knowledge in intersting for them culture spheres including inmates for whom it is the fist contact with culture. It is a chance for them to find some areas of their identity. Finally, a range of organised workshops in penitentiaries and outside in culture institutions allows to experience culture at large. Education in the sphere of culture becomes a voluntary choice and a participation in workshops becomes inmates’ manifestation of creative activities.
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Edukacja dorosłych w obszarze kultury odgrywa znaczącą rolę w rozwoju osobowości człowieka, jego umiejętności, zdolności, zainteresowań, ułatwia autorealizację, jak również wspomaga w zakresie rozwoju kompetencji społecznych. Szczególnie jest to ważne w przypadku osób odbywających karę pozbawienia wolności, niezależnie od jednostkowych doświadczeń w zakresie obcowania z kulturą. Działania edukacyjne realizowane w jednostkach penitencjarnych mają ważny wymiar wychowawczy, a ich istotnym celem jest przygotowanie do życia wolnościowego. Szeroki wymiar kultury pomaga niejednokrotnie osadzonym w odnajdywaniu swoich zainteresowań, zdolności muzycznych, plastycznych, aktorskich, a tym samym pozwala w oparciu o nie budować plany dotyczące życia już po odbyciu kary
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