SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM EMPLOYEES IN CONDITIONS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM REFORMS Volkov Eugene Pavlovich, PhD in social science, associate professor. <...> E-mail: evgen4400@mail.ru Zotova Karina Valerievna, PhD in social science, associate professor. <...> E-mail: saschen@yandex.ru Annotation: A phenomenon of social well-being as a factor and a condition of professional activity of penal system employees is analyzed in this article. <...> It is underlined that ЭhО ЬШМiaХ аОХХbОiЧg iЬ ЭhО iЦpШrЭaЧЭ parЭ ШП ЭhО ОЦpХШвОО’Ь consciousness, integrating important aspects of the relationship with the system and representing its reaction to life conditions changes. <...> Special attention is given to the social well-bОiЧg iЧПХЮОЧМО ШЧ ЭhО ОЦpХШвООЬ’ аiХХiЧgЧОЬЬ to professional activity. <...> Zabara A.L. Legal education as a key for modern identity formation// Russia is on the way to the law-based state: the formation dialectic. <...> Pozhidaev D.D. Army as a total institution of youth socialization// Youth and society at the turn of centuries. <...> Подчеркивается, что социальное самочувствие является важным конструктом сознания сотрудника, интегрирующим важные аспекты взаимоотношения с системой и отражающим его реакцию на изменения условий жизни. <...>