Practice-Oriented Training in Higher Education Institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

the article considers issues related to the training of students at higher education organizations of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. The type of training under consideration involves the use of simulation training tools to form and develop specific professional skills and qualities, enhance the practical orientation of training, and help students acquire and use practical skills. Aim: to show the prospects for building a practice-oriented model for educational process on the basis of generalization of the experience of using simulation tools in the process of training students at higher education institutions of FSIN Russia. Methods: theoretical analysis of literature and normative legal acts on the problem under consideration; synthesis and generalization; comparative legal method, empirical method, description, interpretation. Results: the analysis of the use of simulation tools in the training of students at higher education organizations of FSIN Russia contributes to the formation of universal, professional and special competencies required for the service in the departments of institutions and bodies of the penal system. Conclusions: the use of training grounds, training workplaces, training work routes, with the use of AR and VR technologies as well, will allow students to form a clear algorithm of actions when performing official duties, and teaching staff of higher education organizations of FSIN Russia – to create situations as close as possible to reality and to the conditions of correctional institutions. A practice-oriented approach to training contributes to high-quality training and optimizes professional adaptation of young officers to the service in the penal system.