Volunteering – opportunity for social rehabilitation of persons serving a prison sentence

The aim of the article is to present and discuss volunteering as an opportunity for social rehabilitation of persons serving a prison sentence and to show its impact on the process of social rehabilitation. It discusses the legal foundations of volunteering, its specificity and nature, primarily in the context of the possibility of implementing this form of social activity by prisoners. The focus was also on motives prompting prisoners to volunteer activity. The main part of the publication focuses on discussing the benefits of volunteering in the context of personality and social transformation of prisoners and highlighting its role in social rehabilitation interactions.