Issues in Contracting for the Private Operation of Prisons and Jails
Date Published
1987
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Correctional personnel
Developing Private Sector Prison Industries: From Concept to Start Up
Date Published
1990
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prison Personnel Views of the Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Mental Health of Incarcerated Persons
Date Published
September 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Contraband and Interdiction Strategies in Correctional Facilities
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quasi-experimental evaluation of contraband interdiction technologies
15PNIJ-24-GG-01091-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$849,383
Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons
July 2024
Series
The prison system in the U.S. typically places a heavy emphasis on security, control, and punishment, and this foundation can create an adversarial culture within correctional facilities — incarcerated individuals versus correctional staff. But what if that culture could change? What would it look like? How would it impact not only incarcerated individuals but also correctional officers and other staff?
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Restoring Promise
Date Published
June 5, 2024
Positive research results from a program that aims to transform correctional culture.
Transforming Correctional Culture and Climate
Date Published
April 11, 2024
Borrowing from innovations abroad, U.S. correctional facilities are piloting more humane living environments that are grounded in principles of restorative justice to support rehabilitation and enhance safety for all who work and reside in them.
Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons
15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$874,312
Captives of the “Society of Captives”: Working in Solitary Confinement
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Body-Worn Cameras in a Correctional Setting: Assessing Jail Deputy Attitudes Before, During, and After Implementation
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Solitary Confinement and Prison Personnel: Emotional Numbing as a Response to Work in Extended Restrictive Housing
Date Published
March 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the HeartMath Resilience Program: Exploring the Impact of Stress on Jail Staff Performance and Retention
15PNIJ-23-GG-02231-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$498,491
Resolution of Prison Riots: Strategies and Policies
Date Published
1996
Agencies
NIJ
Boot Camps: Mixed Results
Date Published
December 2003
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Long-Distance Training For Staff and Inmates
Date Published
December 1999
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Technology: Past, Present and Future
Date Published
1998
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Historical Overview
Agencies
NIJ
Counting with Fingers
Date Published
2003
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Self-Assessment of Professional Capacity, Competence and Values of Prison Officers in Slovenian Prisons (From Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice, P 146-154, 2004, Gorazd Mesko, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-207973)
Date Published
September 2004
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ
Navy Provides Input to DOJ's Officer Duress System Guide
Date Published
February 2004
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ
How Fatigued Truckers Can Save Correctional Administrators Time and Money
Date Published
February 2001
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Women in Solitary Confinement: Relationships, Pseudofamilies, and the Limits of Control
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Countering Threats to Correctional Institution Security: Identifying Innovation Needs to Address Current and Emerging Concerns
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Building a High-Quality Correctional Workforce: Identifying Challenges and Needs
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs
2020-R2-CX-0038
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$1,557,676