The concept and essence of personnel security of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine are analyzed in the article. Own concept of “security in the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine” as a system of legal relations and legal means aimed at protecting the rights and freedoms of the personnel of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine, convicts and other persons, important and significant interests of penal bodies and institutions is proposed. It is determined that the purpose of security in the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine is aimed at reducing and eliminating dangerous factors in penal authorities and institutions.

The issues of interaction of the supervising and security department with the operational unit in closed-type criminal establishments in order to ensure the security of the staff of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine have been considered comprehensively. Organizational forms and methods of work arising from their competencies have been substantiated.

Ukraine has steadfastly embarked on the path of building a fully-fledged constitutional state of European-type. At the same time, international integration requires Ukraine to fulfill a number of conditions and obligations, in particular to bring the law enforcement practice in line with the norms and standards of the European Union. An important role in this process plays the reform of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine as an integral part of the law enforcement system.

It is proved that one of the urgent directions of reforming the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine is the modernization of the security of penal bodies and institutions as a whole, and the security of prison personnel in particular. Studying of personnel security issues is conditioned by a number of circumstances, due to the lack of a clear understanding of the legal nature of security in the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine in the modern legal science on the one hand, and the need for a thorough theoretical and practical analysis of the security process in penal bodies and institutions on the other hand.

Key words: personnel of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine, personnel security, insuring security process, security purpose.

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