Curriculum vitae Patryk JAKI

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• PhD in Safety Sciences

Professional career

• 2018 : Academic teacher at the University of Criminology, Warsaw and at the University of Opole. Chair of the teams for the Polish Prison System Reform and the Executive Penal Code. Author of the reform of the Polish penitentiary system, which was the first act on modernising the prison service since 1989, and the ‘Work for Prisoners’ programme, which led to a 50 % increase in the employment rate among prisoners. Founder of the Polish Institute of Criminology and Academy for Criminology and Penitentiary Study. Former Chair of the Polish Penitentiary Council and the Main Council for Social Reintegration and Assistance to Prisoners.

Political career

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 2006-2011 : Councillor for the region of Opole during V and VI terms.

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2015-2019 : Polish Member of Parliament during VII and VIII terms.
• 2011-2019 : First Deputy Minister of Justice.

Offices held in a national government

• 2015-2019 : First Deputy Minister of Justice.

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2019-... : MEP