On April 8th, 2012 students of the Legal institute visited Zhytomyr correctional colony N 4 and Zhytomyr prison N 8 under the direction of Iryna Sopilko – the Director of the Legal Institute, Sofiya Lyhova – the Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Process of the NAU Legal Institute. The visitors were accompanied by Anatoliy Bobrynyov – the Deputy Head of the State Department Administration of Ukraine on Execution of Punishment in Zhytomyr region, and archpriest Viktor Yatsenko – the Chairman of the Synodal Department on Pastoral Care of Penitentiary System. The lieutenant-colonel of internal service and the Head of the colony Sergiy Terehov hold an excursion in two zones (residential and industrial), where visitors saw barrack type dormitories, dining room, club for prisoners, prayer rooms, rooms for long term and short-term visits, industrial departments (specialized in manufacture of office and upholstered furniture, wood machining, sewing footwear), bakeries. Such kind of excursion in the prison is one of the most effective means of prevention of offences and educative influence on youth.