Prawne podstawy postępowania wykonawczego wobec duchownych pozbawionych wolności

Contrary to the interwar period, the currently applicable provisions of the broadly understood penal executive law do not expressly stipulate separate rules for the incarceration of clergy in penitentiary institutions. However, systemic and historical interpretation, as well as respect for constitutional guarantees, necessitate seeking the sources of these distinctions in the specific status of certain members of churches and religious associations operating in the Republic of Poland. It is essential to consider the specificity of needs arising from the clerical status both in the interpretation of statutory terms and in the implementation of appropriate penitentiary measures