concerning, in particular, acquisition of life skills, professional and educational career
planning taking into account inmates competence and interests62.
There are several interest groups to help inmates develop their interests:
Modelling, theatre, technical, musical, sports, touristic, fishing, literature and
voluntary service. The latter means execution of different tasks pro publico bono to the
benefit of the local community i.e. Clearing roads of snow, cleaning of cemetries or
preparation of anti-alcohol posters for local liquor store. They organise activities:
Sports, artistic, trips and events e.g. St. Andrew’s Day, Santa Clause’s Day, Earth's
Day, the Spring Festival.
Every tutor is obliged to elaborate individual resocialising programme for
inmates. The programme is elaborated in cooperation with an inmate, a psychologist
and a tutor. Its implementation is verified by a psychologist, who based on surveys and
interview with inmates gathers all information on emotional lacks and needs of
inmates. Then, they are used for creation of preventive and therapeutic programmes. A
psychologist is also obliged to elaborate an extended psychological diagnosis.
h) Right to education
UN General Assembly Resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988.
Principle 28 A detained or imprisoned person shall have the right to obtain within the limits
of available resources, if from public sources, reasonable quantities of educational, cultural
and informational material, subject to reasonable conditions to ensure security and good
order in the place of detention or imprisonment.
Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers CM/Rec(2008)11 on the European
Rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures.
Principle 78.4 Juveniles shall be enabled to continue their schooling or vocational training
while in detention and those who have not completed their compulsory schooling may be
obliged to do so.
Act on juvenile delinquency proceedings
Article 66 § 1. The organisation and educational system in youth care centres, youth
sciotherapy centrem and youth shelters as well as juvenile detention centrem should allow
for individual influence on juveniles depending on their personalisty and educational needs.
Ordinance of the Minister of National Education and Sport on types and detailed rules
of operation of public establishments, children and juvenile living conditions in these
establishments and the amount and rules of payment made by parents
§ 17. 1 Youth care centre and youth sociotherapy center shoul comprise at least one of the
following schools:
1) Special primary school;
2) Special college;
3) Special secondary school.
2. If it is justified, it is possible for youth sociotherapy centre to operate with no school.
The visited establishments provide education on primary, lower secondary and
sometimes vocational level (preparation for the professional tailor or cook.) A juvenile
placed in the establishment may continue their education. Classrooms, in the majority
of the visited establishments are clean and tidy, equipped with relevant furniture
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Exemplary lesson subjects concerned: how to write a CV, covering letter, how to get an ID, basic cooking
skills, conflict resolution.
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