Penitentiary Service Day in Poland
Penitentiary Service Day in Poland is held on February 8. Prison service was established in 1919 and a Polish prison designated on February 8 (from 2011) pursuant to the Act on the Prison Service of April 9, 2010. This event in the first decade of the month February is annual.
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Polish penitentiary system is governed by Minister of Justice.
In Poland there is 156 Penitentiary Units (prisons and remand centers). The biggest one has 1.620 places (Areszt Śledczy Warszawa – Białołęka), the smallest one has 56 (Areszt Śledczy in Świnoujście).
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