The article discusses the necessity of implementing admitted by the world community and enshrined in relevant international documents principles and norms of dynamic security as one of the forms of ensuring the security of penitentiary institutions and its implementation into the national legislation of Ukraine. In particular, the main aspects of comprehensive application of principles and forms of physical, procedural, and dynamic security are defined with the aim of transitioning from a punitive method of dealing with convicts to a rehabilitative one.

The authors believe that during the study of these issues, it is necessary to outline the following questions: regarding physical security, it is a matter concerning modern approaches to equipping penitentiary institutions, modernization of perimeter security systems and other electronic security systems, physical barriers, means for localization and isolation, access control systems, means of identification and verification of people, video surveillance systems, the use of metal detectors, X-ray machines, and other detection devices; regarding procedural security, it is a matter concerning the regime as the main means of educational influence on convicts, especially related to the study of world practice regarding the organization of admission regime, search work, application of incentive and punitive measures, actions of personnel in case of emergencies while respecting the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of convicts; regarding dynamic security, it is a matter related to the introduction into the activities of penitentiary institution personnel of its principles and approaches in working with convicts, establishing trustful and positive relationships with them, forming interpersonal skills in personnel, and their training to resist manipulation by convicts, and so on.

Key words: Penitentiary system, State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine, penitentiary institution, correctional colony, pre-trial detention center, security, physical, procedural, and dynamic security, convict, correction and resocialization, labor, convict labor, labor relations, ordinary and managerial personnel, discipline, responsibility, selection, conditions and terms of service.

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