mechanisms to boost the competitiveness of former convicts in the labor market. 2.20.3. It is furthermore necessity to secure that the social needs of persons subject to post-penitentiary legal enforcement are met, including through sufficient support in employment. 2.21. Key Measures to Tackle the Criminal Subculture in Penitentiary Institutions 2.21.1. In tackling the criminal subculture, it is necessary to safeguard the proper realization of human rights and respect for the fundamental principles of lawfulness and everyone’s equality before the law. 2.21.2. Proper efforts shall be made and resources invested in filling vacancies in the administration, having sufficient staff positions, providing social guarantees and proper employment conditions for the staff, and organizing professional training for them. 2.21.3. To form an atmosphere of mutual trust and to promote the resocialization of persons deprived of liberty, it is necessary to carry out regular social, legal, and psychological work with them with a view to promoting respect towards humans, society, coexistence rules, and traditions, and encouraging law-abiding behavior. 2.21.4. Taking into account the impact of holding conditions on the conduct of each person deprived of liberty and on the penitentiary system, the following principle shall be applied: the main needs of persons deprived of liberty shall be met by the state. 2.21.5. Moreover, it is necessary to rule out the granting of any unlawful privilege to persons deprived of liberty and to comply strictly with the principle of everyone’s equality before the law. 46