Prisons in Poland

EN Texto em inglês Ainda não há artigo no seu idioma: trecho em inglês.

As of 2007, there were 85 prisons in Poland (zakłady karne). At end of that year, Polish prisons had an official capacity of 79,213 inmates, but reported 87,776 persons in custody (110.8% of capacity). As of 2011, there were 215 correctional institutions, including 70 institutions for pre-trial detainees, 87 prisons, 14 hospitals, and 44 other units. By February 2019, inmate numbers had dropped to 74,352 (196 per 100,000 of the general population). Of this number, 10.7% were pre-trial detainees, 4.2% were female, 0.1% were minors, and 1.4% were foreign prisoners. Prisons in Poland fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland, but are administered by Służba Więzienna (Polish: Prison Service). As of 2019, the head of the Prison Service was Director General Jacek Kitliński. The largest prison in Poland is Wronki Prison.