The legal basis of carrying out quickly-search actions for identification and prevention of trafficking of prohibited items in the penitentiary system

The article discusses scientific approaches to defining the essence of operational-search activity. The article examines the basic norms of Russian law governing operational-search activity, including in the penal system, aimed at combating the use of prohibited items, things and food by persons held in institutions of the penal system. which is directly related to the creation of factors that violate the principles of the criminal-executive legislation of the Russian Federation, and creates threats to normal activities, ensuring law and order and monitoring the operational situation in the correctional institution. In the theory of operational search activity, the most in-depth research is devoted to the issues of the state and direction of improvement of its legal and organizational foundations. Based on the study, measures to improve the activities of operational units are proposed.