Mal'chuk O.I. Operative divisions of correctional facilities and their work on inmate conflict prevention

Abstract: This article is focused on the issue of high conflict potential between inmates, and operative divisions of correctional facilities as one of the means for conflict prevention. The viewpoints of several researchers on the nature of conflict are examined by the author, as well as the main forms of conflict prevention. Based on practical data the author describes the main functions of operative divisions in the field of inmate conflict prevention. The data analysis showed that the most typical crimes are bodily harm of varying degrees, and, less frequently, murder. Within correctional facilities the inmates who became subjected to a conflict situation sometimes provide false information, or no information at all. Conflicts between inmates that serve a term of imprisonment is one such situation. In order to enhance the efficiency of social and psychological work in detention facilities, to take various measures in order to rehabilitate the inmates and to reduce crime recurrence for crimes committed by prisoners, we must consider all groups of factors that affect the organization of the detention regime and security levels in correctional facilities.

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