Penitentiary press in Poland

Marta Wojtal

A revolutionary way to rehabilitate inmates or a waste of the taxpayers' money? Penitentiary press and its creators, inmates in prison, are a controversial issue. At present, there are more critics of this innovative idea than there are supporters. This is not surprising if people who are not part of the penitentiary reality cannot obtain information about the press edited by the prisoners. In Poland there are presently a few dozen newspapers of penitentiary press. But can do these publications deserve to be called press? How do the prison wardens justify their usefulness? What are the inmates' opinions on the subject? This article attempts to answer these questions.

KEYWORDS

Penitentiary press, prison, detention, "Gazeta Więzienna"