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A.Jaworska,R.Parol,Theaimandsenseoftheprisoners’lifeinaspectofpenalrehabilitation,Kraków2009
ISBN:978-83-7850-384-2,©byOficynaWydawnicza„Impuls”2009
1.
Rehabilitationasameans
ofshapingthesenseandaimoflife
Avitaldrawbackthatdisturbsthefeelingofsubjectivityofpeople
whoaresubjecttoaprisonsentenceisasignificantlimitation
ofthepossibilityofrealisingtheirownpreferences,i.a.aimsinlifeandthesense
oflife.V.E.Frankl(1978:15–18)claimsthatthefeelingofsenseofliferesults
fromanexperienceofsatisfactionfromlifeasawholeanditisnotgivenonce
andforall.Extremenegativelifeconditions,suchasastayinapenalinstitution,
resultsinadecreaseofthelevelofsenseofexistence.Insuchconditions,thefeel-
ingofsubjectivityisdistortedandcontributestothedevelopmentofanegative
identity.
Teabovementionedphenomenaareconnectedwithasubjectivefeelingof
alienationorevenunrealityofself,whichareconsequencesofimprisonment.
Tedepersonalisationisprimarilyassociatedwithalackofpossibilitiestorealise
theaimsandplansforthefuture,or,atleast,apostponementoftherealisation
thatlastsyears.Telackofpossibilitiesofrealisingtheplansconnectedwith
familylifeandthedeprivationofemotionalneeds,i.a.theneedforloveand
intimacywithanotherhumanbeingthatisindispensableforpeople.Teprocess
resultsinchangesinself-esteemandalackofself-affirmation.
Existentialistrehabilitationis,firstandforemost,aimedatsuchaspectsof
humanlife(thelifeofthecriminal)asthelackofsenseandaimoflife,anxiety,
depression,internalsuffering,afearofthefuture,thefeelingofguiltandpes-
simism.Temethodsofneutralisingthesenegativestatesthatresultfromlife
experienceandthestateofimprisonmentcontradicttheemptinessandlackof
sensebymeansofaspiritualaffirmationofself.Itisrehabilitationthatisdirected
atdevelopinganabilitytosensiblydealwiththeinevitablestatesofthehuman
life,whichinthecaseofpeopleill-adaptedinthecriminalsensereachextreme
forms.Inthefaceofsuchastateofaffairs,itisdifficulttospeakaboutartis-
ticrehabilitationfocusedondevelopmentandchangesinidentity.Teaspects
ofhumanlife,suchasartisticactivity,thehumanpotential,biophylicattitude
and,finally,loveforoneselfandothers,basedonhumanisticactionswillonly