THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AS PART OF THE STANDARDS OF MEDICAL CARE AND PRISONERS DECIDING ON THE CHOICE OF TREATMENT BASED ON ANALYSES AND THE RESULTS OF OWN RESEARCH IN THE EXAMPLE OF THE GARBALIN PRISON

Abstract

The subject of the article is to determine whether, in connection with the provision of medical services for prisoners, there is a violation of their privacy and, if so, to what extent. Th e author of the publication undertook to conduct surveys among male prisoners who are serving a prison sentence for the fi rst time in the Garbalin Prison. The analysis of the obtained results was to help determine the key aspects with regard to which it will be possible to draw specifi c postulates and possible changes. In the theoretical part of the article, the author referred to the most important legal regulations on the principles of the right to privacy among prisoners in the context of the applicable standards related to the practical implementation of the penalty of deprivation of liberty as well as pointed out the exclusion of the right to decide on their treatment in relation to specifi c groups of convicts. However, the practical part of the article focuses on the analysis of the results of the conducted research and the most interesting conclusions.

Keywords

• prisoners’ privacy
• protection of medical data
• Garbalin Prison
• data on health status