This article describes the features of professional activities of graduates of educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. Objective: To determine the characteristics of professional activities of graduates of educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. Methodology of work: competence approach. Scope of the results: training in universities FSIN of Russia. Results: describes the main features of the professional activities of graduates of educational institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.