Personal identification tests in penitentiary services

• Main Author: Robert Poklek
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fundacja Pedagagium 2017-12-01
• Series: Polish Journal of Social Rehabilitation
• Subjects: personal identification tests, diagnosis, criminogenesis, penitentiary diagnosis, social rehabilitation diagnosis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.22432/pjsr.2017.14.04

Personal identification tests are the basis for administrative decisions taken in relation to an inmate and penitentiary and therapeutic effects. A correctly performed diagnosis enables the individualization of the process of penitentiary social rehabilitation, penitentiary and criminological and social forecasting, prevention of mutual demoralization of prisoners and ensuring order and security in the penitentiary unit. The article attempts to discuss in detail the personal identification tests of incarcerated persons carried out in penitentiary institutions and remand centers in the legal and criminal and psychopedagogical context. Sources of personal identification information about the convict and procedures undertaken by prison staff in order to carry out and document a penitentiary diagnosis were discussed.The summary indicates the competences of prison staff necessary for conducting personal identification tests.