Rule 77 (1) Provision shall be made for the further education of all prisoners capable of profiting thereby, including religious instruction in the countries where this is possible. The education of illiterates and young prisoners shall be compulsory and special attention shall be paid to it by the administration. (2) So far as practicable, the education of prisoners shall be integrated with the educational system of the country so that after their release they may continue their education without difficulty. Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Education in Prison [R(89)12 (adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 13 October 1989)] § 1 All prisoners shall have access to education, which is envisaged as consisting of classroom subjects, vocational education, creative and cultural activities, physical education and sports and library facilities. Executive Penal Code (Dz.U. of 1997, No 90, item 557, as amended) Article 121. (1) So far as practicable, a convict shall be able to perform work. § 2. A convict shall be employed on the basis of referral to work or shall be provided with the possibility to perform paid work under the employment contract, contract for specific work, commission contract, home based work contract or upon other legal basis. § 3. Employment of a convict shall take place upon the consent and conditions specified by the director of a penitentiary unit, providing an appropriate course of serving the sentence of deprivation of liberty. Article 122. (1) At referring a convict to work, his profession, education, interests and personal needs shall be taken into account, so far as practicable. If a convict is employed on the basis of referral to work, performing work that is onerous for health requires his written consent. § 2. The work shall be provided particularly to convicts obliged to provide maintenance benefits and in a particularly unfavourable material, personal or family situation. Article 130. (1) Compulsory education in the scope of primary school and gymnasium shall be performed in prisons, as well as post-primary (post-gymnasium) and vocational education shall be provided. Vocational training may be payable in total or in part. § 2. A prison is obliged to educate, as required by capacities and aptitude of juvenile convicts referred to in Paragraph 3. § 3. The priority in gaining the opportunity to be covered with post-primary (postgymnasium) and vocational education shall be given to convicts without an acquired profession or who will not be able to work in their acquired profession, as well as those under 21. § 4. Convicts without sufficient material resources shall be provided with coursebooks and teaching aids free of charge. § 5. In justified cases, a convict can, at his own expense, educate in schools outside the prison, upon the consent of the director of the prison. Costs of convict’s education outside the prison, under special circumstances, can be incurred by the prison. Prisoners mainly perform work for the establishment where they are held (in laundries, kitchens, workshops, warehouses, as well as cleaning works). The percentage of employed for pay in the entire populations of prisoners of the visited establishments is low. Acquiring job offers from external entities is very difficult at the moment. In the administration's view, it results mainly from the lack of sufficient professional qualifications of prisoners and a statutory requirement of providing

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