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EDUCATION & CULTURE:

Two Pillars of Reintegration
Dr. Attila Károly MOLNÁR andragogue, educational consultant www@molnarattila.hu
Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava 02/10/2023 to 06/10/2023

This study trip is sponsored by Tempus Public Foundation and The Ministry of
Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
Reintegration in Hungary
● Reintegration: help those who have been cut off from society
● Leading back not to the same place from which they came
● 9000 of staff ensure the return of prisoners to society
● The Hungarian penitentiary help people participate in
○ work
○ study
○ culture
Supporting reintegration → main task: let prisoners
○ work,
○ study,
○ get cultured
BVOP 2023 https://bv.gov.hu/hu/reintegracio-prevencio
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● Various cultural activities
● Ministerial declaration for cultural activities and pastime
○ Group sessions
○ Meditation
○ Film clubs
○ Photo exhibitions

Becker-Pestka, Miklósi, Molnár 2023

Image by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation & Molnár
Group sessions

● Positive effect
○ on the mood
○ quality of speech
○ thinking
● Small groups
● One or two experts
● Library
Image by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation
Meditation
● New techniques in reintegration
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● Meditation → self supportation
● Self-focus, physical
and mental relaxation
● It can be used as well in
prison as in
non-institutional environment

Image by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation

Film clubs
● Film screening → film-debates
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● Group work → effective cooperation
● Prisoners draw parallel: film ↔ reality
● Many find own mistake
● After film becoming open
● Higher self-expression
● Relive way to prison
● Finding a solution

Image by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation

Photo exhibitions
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● 25 pictures on the walls
● Conversation between
the prisoners and the author
● The depth of inclusion →
expression of feelings evoked
● After viewing, small group discussion
on prisoner’s questions

Image by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation

Summary E C
Informing prisoners and arousing their interest in cultural programs within the
prison can be the first effective step on the way to their formal and non-formal
learning.

Based on their feedback, it can be said that the role of pedagogues’,

andragogues’ and the personal’s contact with groups of prisoners are of
fundamental importance.
Sources E C
● BVOP 2023 https://bv.gov.hu/hu/reintegracio-prevencio

● 2013. évi CCXL. törvény https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=a1300240.tv

Börtönstatisztikai Szemle 2020

● Becker-Pestka, Miklósi & Molnár (2023). The Way Of Enforcing The Cultural Rights Of
Prisoners In The Polish And Hungarian Prisons: The Aspects Of Creativity. Creativity
studies. 2023 Volume 16 Issue 1: 328–342.

● Images by the Hungarian Penitentiary Organisation, Molnár

● Illustrative image: Pixabay

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EDUCATION & CULTURE:
Two Pillars of Reintegration
Dr. Attila Károly MOLNÁR andragogue, educational consultant www@molnarattila.hu
Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava 02/10/2023 to 06/10/2023

This study trip is sponsored by Tempus Public Foundation and The Ministry of
Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic