Information in the system of management mechanisms of a social organization (on the example of a penitentiary society)

The paper attempts to analyze the role of information in the system of management mechanisms of penitentiary society (a specific type of a social organization). The author has made use of the conceptual approach in which information and management influence is carried out by two subjects - the administration of correctional institutions and the penitentiary community. The difficulty in the qualitative assessment of the management mechanisms of such a social organization as the penitentiary society is that the information impact is carried out by two confrontational subjects. The inconsistency of management information creates a situation of instability both in the implementation of management mechanisms and in the organization of activities of the entire penitentiary society. The author's analysis of the consequences of such a management system for the penitentiary society shows that the use of innovative forms in the information support of management mechanisms needs further improvement.