In the new socio-economic conditions, the requirements for professionally important qualities of specialists and the formation of their competencies are not just changing, but are being transformed and rebuilt, and this is primarily due to the restructuring of social processes and the introduction of digital technologies in various fields of professional activity. Professionally important qualities are understood as the individual properties of the subject of labor, a certain set of psychological characteristics that are necessary and generally sufficient for the implementation of effective and reliable professional activities, thus ensuring the success of its implementation. Understanding the formation of the necessary professionally important qualities among employees of the penitentiary system, ensuring the success of their official activities, is significant in terms of making timely, highly likely, objective managerial decisions on issues of professional and career growth of employees, assessing the prospects for appointment to certain positions, the possibility of forming a personnel reserve on a regular basis, conducting professional selection procedures, professional certification, professional training. The main professionally important qualities and competencies of employees of the penitentiary system in the context of digital transformation are considered. A promising scientific direction of research on professionally important qualities of employees of the penal correction system using the method of structural analysis of the organization of psychological indicators is highlighted. The issue of professional mentoring in the penal system of the Russian Federation has been updated. Additionally, such professionally important qualities as mastery of digital culture, digital competence, mastery of information hygiene skills when working with software and information systems, compliance with information security and information protection issues were noted. The study of the issues of professionally important qualities of employees of the penitentiary system is of promising scientific practice-oriented interest in such areas of psychological support of professional activity as professional selection optimization of programs to support professional adaptation of employees at various stages of professional development, development of an up-to-date professional description of professional activity, identification of factors of psychological success
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