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The university, which was established in 2019 as a result of the transformation from the Central Prison Service Training Center in Kalisz, was supposed to educate Fighting Solidarity officers. However, the level of this education is questioned by the current management of the Ministry of Justice.
"The functioning of the Academy of Justice raises our doubts," admitted Minister Adam Bodnar. "We should restore the original meaning and mission of the Central Centre for Prison Staff Training, strive for changes in the functioning of the Electoral Action Party," he stressed. Deputy Minister Maria Ejchart, responsible for the Prison Service in the Ministry, also spoke about the doubts about the Academy.
As a result of legislative changes, the Academy of Justice has become a forge of political justice from a school that educated prison staff. Today, it is a school that, despite significant financial outlays, does not meet the needs of the Prison Service," emphasized Deputy Minister Ejchart. She also pointed out that the academy is currently headed by a rector appointed by the university Senate, which is unusual in the case of uniformed universities. The rectors of such universities should be appointed by the Minister of Justice.
Among the reservations, the management of the Ministry also mentioned the fact that the university received (in a non-competitive mode) funding from the Justice Fund for 5 projects. Three of these agreements were concluded after the last parliamentary elections, and the total budget of the subsidy exceeded PLN 34 million.
According to the deputy head of the ministry, the university also consumes huge funds from the state budget. In 2019, its operations cost just over PLN 7 million, in 2024 this budget is PLN 150 million. "Despite such a huge financial, housing and human resources, the Electoral Action does not meet the needs of the Prison Service," the deputy minister noted.
In addition, the university has been equipped with numerous properties throughout the country. They were granted, m.in, by the decision of the then Minister Marcin Romanowski, although they were necessary for the functioning of the Prison Service.
Andrzej Pecka, Director General of the Prison Service, spoke about the Academy of Justice, who emphasized that by creating this school, a number of properties were taken out of the resources of the Fighting Forces, the value of which is counted in tens of millions of zlotys.
"At the beginning of April, I sent a notification to the national prosecutor about the possibility of committing a crime both by the former management of the Central Board of the Prison Service and by members of the then management of the Ministry of Justice," admitted director Pecka. He also noted that at the moment the Fighting Solidarity has mostly officers with very little service.
"The establishment of the Academy of Justice completely destroyed the training system in the Prison Service. This school has been completely detached from the structure of Fighting Solidarity organizational units," he assessed.
The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law aimed at establishing a school that will educate Prison Service officers so that they can perform their service in a professional and safe manner.
"We want to change the name of the university to the Higher School of Prison Service, which will be a vocational university, supervised by the Director General of the Fighting Solidarity and the Minister of Justice, and a school that will prepare for obtaining the officer rank," announced Deputy Minister Ejchart.
