ROLE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL RESOURCES IN THE PROCESS OF RE- SOCIALIZATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED A CRIMINAL PENALTY AND WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM IT

The article examines the resources of persons who served criminal sentences and have been released from it on the basis of the results of an empirical study carried out within the framework of the project «The road map for resocialization and real inclusion in civil society of persons who have served a criminal sentence and have been released from it (2018–2021)». Two groups of respondents were singled out: those who departed and those who are serving their sentence again. The second group of respondents unites prisoners who serve criminal sentences repeatedly, which are considered in the study as carriers of ineffective practice of post-penitentiary resocialization. The analysis identifies groups of more and less adapted respondents, studies the role of social and human capital in ensuring the effectiveness of the process of resocialization. The collected data clearly demonstrate that the criminal biography of the respondents obviously hinders the processes of resocialization in all spheres of their life activity. On the other hand, the qualifications acquired as a result of getting an education do not always play a big role in resocialization, a much more effective strategy is to find employment in any capacity, even in the situation of incomplete compliance or inconsistency with the work of the available qualifications. In conclusion, recommendations are given regarding the need to develop the reflexivity of prisoners, their self-actualization and planning skills for various spheres of life after they are released.