Udział policji państwowej w realizacji polityki penitencjarnej w Polsce w latach 1919-1939

• Main Author: Sprengel Bolesław
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN 2014-01-01
• Series: Archiwum Kryminologii
• Subjects: polityka penitencjarna; historia więziennictwa w polsce; civil police; penal policy
• Online Access: http://czasopisma.inp.pan.pl/index.php/ak/article/view/84/sprengel_udzial_policji_panstwowej_w_realizacji_polityki_penitencjarnej_w_polsce_w_latach_1919_1939_10.7420AK2014G.pdf

The circumstances in which the Civil Police assumed responsibility for convoy and protection duties on behalf of the justice system until 1939 (in practice, until now). The legal and financial aspects of performing convoy and isolation functions on behalf of the Department of Justice. The unsuccessful attempts to transfer these tasks to the Prison Guard. The methods and tactics deployed in performing convoy and protection duties towards criminal and political prisoners. Convoys on foot and by train and other means of transport. Chronic occurrences and extraordinary events during convoys. How fulfilling these duties effected the Police’s other statutory obligations. The role of isolation in Police arrests. The prevailing conditions. The rights and duties of prisoners. The supervision of prisoners. Extraordinary events and chronic occurrences. The function and purpose of police holding cells for juveniles. Their isolation and rehabilitation functions. The Civil Police in performing their duties in connection with municipal arrests. Police assistance to the Prison Guard in extraordinary situations, especially riots. Protecting prisoners from external attacks. Searching for escaped prisoners. Operational and evidentiary work. Operational and procedural activities against people attempting to communicate with prisoners. Civil Police operational work in prisons. Information exchange between the Civil Police and the Prison Guard. The practice of prison authorities informing the police about people released from prison and the legal basis for doing so. The attitude of politicians and the press to the Civil Police carrying out functions on behalf of the prison service.