A gyógyító-terápiás csoport létjogosultsága a büntetés-végrehajtásban

Abstract

In recent years, the activity of therapeutic groups has undergone tremendous progress. Nowadays, a type of the applied therapies does not depend on the professional team’s preparedness but the correctional institutions themselves can choose the professionals and the appropriate treatments applied. The reason why in the past 10 to 15 years the prisons dealt with these groups less, is perhaps that various types of other new services and units have moved to the focus of professional interest – such as psycho-social units, special regime for long term convicted inmates (HSR), low risked inmates department, religious units – yet the importance of the therapeutic groups has not declined. In my study, I aimed to describe the possibilities presented to the inmates in the healing-therapeutic groups in order to reintegrate them into society and making them useful members of society. Therapeutic sessions held in prisons proved to be very successful, yet this is not enough, the Prison Service needs additional help and support. Through my study I would like to draw the attention of experts, social communities and non-governmental organizations to the importance of their role and contributions to this matter. I trust that after reading about the presented therapies and the statements of the prisoners the reader will share my opinion and conclude that there are still justified demands for the therapeutic groups in the prison service.