Abstract
This article examines the psychology of prisoners, as well as their adaptation. There is empirical evidence of a link between adverse life events in childhood and psychopathology in adult offenders. The article aims to summarize the literature that measures the predictive value of adverse life events in childhood for mental illness and personality disorders in prisoners in custody. A varying proportion of prisoners with ongoing psychopathology are not being diagnosed or are not receiving proper treatment. Providing effective treatment
to prisoners with mental disorders can have potentially significant public health benefits. Currently, the issue of the life of convicts after serving their sentences is studied to a small extent. Not to mention the tools that will help their mental health after release.