In the article options for solving problems related to the social adaptation of minors, serving sentences in places of deprivation of liberty and relative to which a penitentiary probation is applied, are presented. After all, the task of the psychological and pedagogical paradigm, in relation to minors who did wrong, is to find an effective mechanism for preventing crimes among the relevant category of offenders, responding to a crime in the form of a certain punishment and leveling off the negative accompanying minor through imprisonment.

The text reveals the development of two probation programs for the correction of aggressive behavior for juvenile delinquents (for boys and girls) developed by the State Criminal Execution Service of Ukraine, a methodology for assessing the risks and needs of minors who are in conflict with the law, and the method of case management with respect to this category of offenders (drawing up an individual plan based on the social needs of the offender and periodically evaluating the results with the necessary correction).

The peculiarities of the training of future employees of the probation body for carrying out the tasks of penitentiary probation are considered. The need to create a supportive social environment, conduct social and educational work, taking into account the needs of the convicts and the risks of repeat offending by them is indicated.

The article focuses on the interaction of state institutions and the public, volunteers with the aim of expanding the sphere of influence on minors and forming a valuable attitude to life prospects, forming positive social orientation, neutralizing negative personal entities, and inducing actions that do not contradict socially approved norms.

Key words: the State Criminal and Executive System, probation body, penitentiary probation, interaction of state institutions and the public, social adaptation, juvenile offenders.

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