FORMS OF INCREASING SOCIAL MOBILITY OF CONVICTED PERSONS IN PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY
The article deals with the issues of introducing a “social lifts” technology into the penitentiary system. The paper defines criminological and psychological foundations of social and psychological adaptation of convicts serving sentences in places of deprivation of liberty; analyzes psychological forms of overcoming barriers and impediments to social mobility. The article presents the results of recent surveys confirming the positive impact of the psychological training program on the behavior of convicts seeking upgrading social mobility. The most efficient organizational and methodical forms are: psychological training; videotraining; business and role-playing; psychological counseling; psychological diagnosis and interpretation of its results. Positive figures for these forms are supported by specific statistics.