Problems of psycho-hygiene in the staff of the penitentiary system

In the article specific, psycho-traumatic conditions of the professional activity of the staff of the penitentiary system are considered. They are associated with the periodically arising threat to life and health, honor and dignity, in the protection and convoy of convicted criminals. The purpose of the study is to identify the problems of psycho-hygienic training of officers of the penitentiary system for performing their professional tasks. The subject of the study is the psycho-hygienic training of officers of the penitentiary system. The subject of the research is the ways of psycho-hygienic training of officers of the penitentiary system. Under the psycho-hygienic training of officers of the penitentiary system, official activity is understood as the formation of a stable psychological state. It ensures effective professional activity. Psychological readiness to perform professional activities is a factor in the effective service of officers of the penitentiary system. Simultaneously - this is an important condition of psycho-hygiene. Psychological readiness needs to be diagnosed during the admission to the service and developed in the process of adaptation during the initial preparation. There is a psychological selection of candidate's compliance with the required conditions of the service. But, most young officers have poor psychological preparedness to perform professional tasks. It is proposed to strengthen the psycho-hygienic aspects of the educational process; to assess the level of psycho-hygienic training of officers of the penitentiary service at the stage of their professional selection; organize the psychotherapeutic support of officers of the penitentiary system during the initial training with the aim of developing their professionally important qualities as the basis for psycho-hygienic training; consider psycho-hygienic training for performance as one of the determining factors in the overall assessment of officers of penitentiary institutions.