1st Edition

Life Imprisonment in Poland Locked Up, Left Out

By Joanna Klimczak, Maria Niełaczna Copyright 2027
222 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines life imprisonment in Poland, exploring how the 1989 democratic transition led to its reintroduction across Central and Eastern Europe in 1995 and major reform in 2023. Drawing on legal analysis, statistical data, policy debates, and original qualitative research with life-sentenced prisoners and prison staff, this book examines how life imprisonment functions in practice from... Read more

1-  Introduction
Joanna Klimczak

2- Life Imprisonment in Poland: Historical Evolution
Joanna Klimczak

3- Methodological Aspects of Research on Life-Sentenced Prisoners
Joanna Klimczak

4- Life Imprisonment in Penal Practice: The Institutional Perspective
Maria Niełaczna

5- Maturing in Prison - Serving a Life Sentence
Joanna Klimczak, Maria Niełaczna

6- The Pursuit of Freedom: Progression and Conditional Release in Life Imprisonment
Maria Niełaczna

Biography

Joanna Klimczak is criminologist working at the Institute of Justice and teaching as assistant professor at Department of Culturally Integrated Legal and Social Studies at the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation, University of Warsaw.

Maria Niełaczna is a habilitated Doctor of Law who earned her PhD in law at the University of Warsaw and taught there as an assistant professor.