TY - BOOK AU - Jakub Hanc AU - Olga Sitarz AU - Anna Jaworska-Wieloch PY - 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783631918647 TI - On the (non)existence of the right to religious freedom of persons deprived of liberty T2 - A reconstruction of the normative standard based on Polish and German regulations in comparison with empirical studies DO - 10.3726/b21807 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1481458 N2 - This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there. The study covered individuals from 35 units, including prisoners from 15 penitentiary facilities and 4 detention centres, as well as juveniles from 8 youth educational centres and 8 correctional facilities. The research also involved educators from those units who presented the religious life of convicts and detainees from their own perspective. The empirical part was preceded by considerations on the social and individual significance of religion and an outline of international and national (Polish and German) standards of religious freedom, including in post-criminal isolation units. KW - religious practices, freedom of religion, penitentiary facility, detention centre, youth educational centre, correctional facility LA - English ER -