The current state of information and analytical training of future employees in departmental universities of Russian Federal Penitentiary Service

The article discusses types of professional activity of future officers of the penitentiary system and the list of professional information and analytical tasks that need to be addressed in their future professional ; this work also presents a systematic approach to forming concepts "training" and "education" and comes to the conclusion about the similarities and differences between functional sub-categories included in the definition ; based on the analysis of different approaches to the analytical work and information-analytical activity's definitions. The author's definition of "information-analytical preparation of future employee of the criminal Executive system» is given; the paper proves that in order to meet the modern needs of the penitentiary system in graduates with a high level of information and analytical training, it is advisable to form a professionally specialized information and analytical competence as a necessary component in the use of new information and digital technologies to ensure information and analytical professional activity.