Innovative methods of providing food security of the penitentiary system

Abstract

The objective need to reduce the budget expenditures on food for persons held in correctional institutions forces us to find ways to use the available resources more effectively. When dealing with food provision issues, it is necessary to keep in mind food security, that is, the stability of supplies and the availability of stocks in the required volume. Increasing the level of self-sufficiency in food in the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation with the simultaneous optimization of production costs for manufactured products looks like an obvious way to reduce budget expenditures. In the authors’ opinion the presence of own agricultural producers (correctional institutions, as well as their subsidiary farms, federal state unitary enterprises engaged in agricultural activities) makes it possible to manufacture products with a minimum cost close to the production cost. In this aspect, it becomes very important to improve the organization of production processes through the use of software products. The article considers the advantages of using information and communication technologies in crop production and defines ways to optimize costs and reduce budget expenditures on food provision for convicts.