“…Only few authors developed the problem of studying and, particularly, optimization of purpose-inlife orientations of convicted persons in Russian psychology (Karpinsky, 2002;Pirozhkov, 2007;Istomin, 2008 and2010;Kalinenko, 2012;Lipunova, 2015;Bystrova, 2016;Tsvetkova, Kolesnikova, Rybakova, Petrova, Fomina, 2016;Durova, 2017;Tsvetkova & Durova, 2017, et al). At the same time, purpose-inlife orientations are quite thoroughly explored as a functional system, forming the meanings, values and purposes of human life, governing the ways of their achievement (Abulkhanova-Slavskaya, 1991;Asmolov, 2002;Leontiev, 2000 and2005;Chudnovsky, 2003, et al), i.e.…”