On 18 November 2015, Patryk Jaki became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice responsible for, inter alia, supervision over the Prison Service. He was also appointed Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Justice for the Implementation of the Electronic Monitoring System. He drafted an amendment to the existing law to prohibit depriving parents of the right of custody of their children on grounds of their bad financial situation. He has been entrusted with oversight over the establishment of the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic. He is also the chairman of the Team for the Protection of Family Autonomy and Family Life in the Ministry of Justice. Patryk Jaki is the chairman of the Central Council for Social Readaptation and Assistance to Convicts. He initiated the establishment of the Verification Committee for Reprivatisation and, on 11 May 2017, became its chairman. Patryk Jaki is the author of a registry of sex offenders in Poland, available on the website ms.gov.pl since 1 October 2017. Patryk Jaki is the author of a government programme for the employment of prisoners, which has helped to increase employment among convicts by 50%. Patryk Jaki is the chairman of the Polish Council of Penitentiary Policy. In 2017, Jaki stated that "stopping islamization is his Westerplatte". On 11 October 2017, Patryk Jaki received the "Polski Kompas" award granted by the Gazeta Bankowa monthly for his "fight against a reprivatisation mafia". Wprost has ranked him tenth on its list of 50 most influential Poles. During elections to the European Parliament gained almost 260 thousand votes. This is the best result not from the first place on the list in the history of Polish Republic. Presently in the European Parliament - member of the Civic Freedom, Justice and Interior Committee. Reporter of the regulation concerning fighting with terrorism on the area of the European Union and vice-chairman of the European and Eastern Countries Parliament Assembly. Earlier, Deputy to the Seventh and Eighth Term Sejm; Opole Councillor during the Fifth and Sixth Term; Author of the following actions: „Save the heroes” defending the street named after general August Fieldorf „Nil” or Zygmunt Szendzielarz „Łupaszka” as well as legislation initiative „Let's restore history lessons at schools”
Personal life
On September 14, 2013, he married Anna Kuszkiewicz. They have a son, Radosław, who was born with Down syndrome.
