About social and legal characteristics of convicts in the period of preparation for release

The article is based on the selective studying
of convicts having less then six months of
imprisonment. The publication includes the
description of social, demographical, penal and
criminal executive characteristics of convicts’
personality in the period of preparation for release.
0n the basis of the investigation completed some
suggestions have been made concerning the social
and legal characteristics of convicts’ personality in
the work of penal staff.

Keywords: preparation for release, the age of convicts, socially useful ties, convicts’ labour, convicts’ education, recidivism, means of correction, social adaptation