Contemporary forms of education of incarcerated adults

Abstract

The main topic of this article is an education of incarcerated adults within the contemporary systems of penalty execution in prison. In the first part of this article the authors presented Regulations of the Law on the Execution of Criminal Sanctions relating to education of convicted adults who were imprisoned. The need for educational curricula was illustrated by the research results on educational level of convicted persons in five prisons in Serbia. Analyzing of characteristics of contemporary programs and solution in the field was amended by presentation of several programs which have been worldwide implemented in education of incarcerated adults. In the final part the results of evaluation studies were presented along with analyzing the effectiveness of educational programs, occupational training and employment of convicted persons.

Predmet rada je obrazovanje odraslih osuđenih lica u savremenim sistemima izvršenja kazne zatvora. U prvom delu su prikazane odredbe Zakona o izvršenju krivičnih sankcija koje se odnose na obrazovanje osuđenih lica u ustanovama za izvršenje kazne zatvora. U svrhu ilustracije potreba za programima obrazovanja, navedeni su rezultati istraživanja o obrazovnom nivou osuđenih lica u pet zatvora u Srbiji. Razmatranje karakteristika savremenih programa i rešenja u oblasti je dopunjeno prikazom nekoliko programa koji se primenjuju u obrazovanju odraslih osuđenih lica u svetu. U završnom delu prikazani su rezultati evaluacionih studija i analizirana efektivnost programa obrazovanja, profesionalnog osposobljavanja i zapošljavanja osuđenih lica.