As a result of effective psychological therapy it is possible to determine the reasons, scope and details of the inmate's lack of adjustment to living in the society. It is also possible to implement appropriate corrective measures during the period of the sentence served. The work of psychologists influences not only daily operation of prisons. The effectiveness of activities conducted within prisoners’ preparation for living in the society after they leave prison contributes to the level of public security and public order148. The situation of inmates suffering from physical disorders According to the NMPT, inmates with reduced physical abilities are a group at risk of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment. Imprisonment of those suffering from chronic reduction of their physical capacity is regulated by the amended Ordinance of the Minister of Justice of 23 June 2015 applicable to administrative activities connected with pre-trial detentions, penalties and coercive measures that result in imprisonment, and documentation of such activities149. The implementation of the amended ordinance, that came into effect on 1 July 2015, requires penitentiary establishments to admit as inmates also individuals who require immediate hospitalization due to direct risk to their life or health, and women pregnant for 28 weeks or more. Within the Polish prison system, there is only one prison hospital ward for such inmates, i.e. the Ward for Chronically Ill Prisoners in the prison in Czarne. As a result of a limited number of places in that facility, inmates sometimes wait for admission for more than a year. Somatically ill inmates placed in other penitentiary establishments require regular assistance from other prisoners, which is necessary for performing their basic living functions. In the opinion of the NMPT, this solution is ungrounded and has already been questioned in the past by the European Court of Human Rights150. Rola psychologii w działalności służb mundurowych [The role of psychology in the activities of uniformed services], „Zeszyty naukowe ruchu studenckiego”, no. 2 (2015), p. 97–98. 148 149 Journal of Laws (Dz. U.) of 2015, item 927. 150 In 2019, the Commissioner for Human Rights carried out thematic visits to examine the situation of chronically ill prisoners. The conclusions were presented in the letter to the Director General of the Prison Service. The letter emphasized: the lack of specialist care and specialized equipment, improper adaptations of space to the needs of such prisoners, the lack of activation programs for this group of prisoners. If there are objective obstacles to releasing somatically ill inmates from prison, care should be taken to ensure that they live in conditions that guarantee human dignity. See the cases no.: KMP.571.2.2019; KMP.1.2019; and case no. IX.517.532.2019. 65