SUMMARY Ex-prisoners social reintegration and integration into the labour market is one of the biggest social problems in the country. Statistic data show, that people who have just returned from places of imprisonment, commit a crime again, they lose their qualification and work skills. Looking from the other side, our societies’ position is not propitious too. The purpose of this research - is to evaluate present situation re-socializing ex-prisoners, to estimate unemployment reasons for people, who have just retuned from places of imprisonment and to offer a suggestion improving their situation in labour market, to evaluate the present support giving system condition, needs and ways of improvement, for people, who have just retuned from places of imprisonment, according statistical data and ex-prisoners inquiry analysis. Research work shows that there are not so many research works, that will let to evaluate re-socialization and integration into the labour market problems. Research work consists of two parts. The first one is theory part, in which theoretical problems of people who have just returned from places of imprisonment are discussed. The second part – research results analysis. Suggestions concerning support improvement for people who have just returned from places of imprisonment are offered at the end of research work. The main concepts: marginal groups, socialization, re-socialization, reintegration, isolation, stigma.

Darbe pateikiama nuteistųjų socialinės reintegracijos samprata, apibrėžiami šio proceso objektai ir jų tarpusavio sąveika. Pateikiama su kokiais sunkumais susiduria nuteistieji po laisvės atėmimo bausmės atlikimo ir kokios institucijos padeda iškilusias problemas spręsti. Analizuojama kaip patys nuteistieji vertina savo galimybes sėkmingai socialiai reintegruotis, kokios pagalbos tikisi sulaukti ir kokiais būdais siekia tapti pilnaverčiais visuomenės piliečiais. Atskleidžiama kokie veiksniai anot jų suteikia jiems stiprybės šiame procese, o kokie veiksniai slopina sėkmę. / This paper presents the concept of social reintegration of prisoners and define the process objects and their interactions. Since there still exists a high number of crimes in Lithuania and the return of convicts to society is a relatively new topic, the need to examine, what is the role of institutions in helping persons, who served imprisonment sentences, to reintegrate into society, arouse. The paper showed that the reintegration of convicts into society is not an easy process that requires a lot of efforts not only from the convict, but also from institutions, operating in this field, as well as from the society. The paper examines the factors that give strength for prisoners in this process and what factors inhibit success of social reintegration.