The reform of the criminal-executive system has set Ukraine the task of determining the priority conditions and means of social adaptation of persons who have been released from places of deprivation of liberty.
The article examines the socio-legal nature of the process of social adaptation of persons released from prisons.
It was found that an important point is the adaptation of persons released from prisons in the legal space of the state.
The article provides an in-depth analysis of the theoretical foundations that precede the process of organizing communicative spaces within the children's educational and rehabilitation centre for social adaptation - an institution whose goal is to create optimal conditions for enhanced socialization of children with special psychological needs and their further integration into society. The definition of signs of children's communicative space is considered and the significance of spatial composition in the process of socialization of children is determined.