%0 Journal Article
%T The psychological effects of penalties of liberty in the field of social problems
%A Ozga, Anna
%J Homo et Societas
%V 2017
%N Issue 2/2017
%P 61-73
%K imprisonment, prison isolation, penal institution
%@ 2543-6104
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/homo-et-societas/article/psychospoleczne-skutki-kary-pozbawienia-wolnosci-w-zakresie-problemow-spolecznych
%X The penalty of deprivation of liberty is a sanction applicable to the person who committed the offense. Penitentiary isolation is the most severe form of isolation, being a reaction of the state to violation of the norms of law. Such compulsory isolation, the way of protecting the society against an asocial unit is the source of specific features of prison reality, which includes, among others: limiting contacts with relatives, compulsion to be surrounded by strangers, order to observe discipline and order, deprivation (alienation) of various the type of embedded needs (information deprivation, sensory deprivation), loss or limitation of certain activities, e.g. performing certain activities in the area of freedom of movement. Analysis of penitentiary activities, but also the effects of psychosocial imprisonment is the basis for working with the convict. These issues are the subject of an article that can be a support for penitentiary interactions in the aspect of education, therapy or re-socialization.