The article deals with the concept criminal subculture in penitentiary institutions. The structure of the criminal subculture of convicted prisoners has been characterized. The
conditions that encourage convicts to maintain a criminal subculture are outlined. The basic socio-economic elements of the criminal subculture of sentenced persons to prison are determined. The dependence of the level and structure of penitentiary crime on the existing criminal subculture among the convicts is determined.
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