More than a 'McJob': Criminal records, education, and access to middle-skill jobs
15PNIJ-24-GG-01577-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$25,322
Inmate programs
WATCh: Montana's In-Prison DUI Treatment Program
Date Published
August 2014
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Looking Beyond Recidivism: New Research on Well-Being in Prisons and Jails From the National Institute of Justice
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists With Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Date Published
2006
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Counselor Knows Best? Clinician Assessments of In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Participants
Date Published
2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems Personnel
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Risk and Needs Assessments in Prisons: Identifying High-Priority Needs for Using Evidence-Based Practices
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Developing the Prison Environment Inventory
Date Published
1985
Publication Type
Measurement/Evaluation Device
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Building an Effective Research Partnership Between a University and a State Correctional Agency: Assessment of Drug Treatment in Pennsylvania Prisons
Date Published
June 2004
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Bringing Scouting to Prison: Programs and Challenges
Date Published
June 1999
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ Initiates Prison Riot
Date Published
1998
Publication Type
Program Description (Model)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
WHICH INMATES PARTICIPATE IN PRISON TREATMENT PROGRAMS?
Date Published
1979
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
System Streamlines Managing TV and Training in Jail
Date Published
August 2012
Publication Type
Report (Summary)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials in State Prisons
Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
Getting Ready Program - Remaking Prison Life to Prepare Inmates for Reentry - Interview at the National Institute of Justice
Date Published
June 2009
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Interview
Agencies
NIJ
"Getting Ready Program": Remaking Prison Life to Prepare Inmates for Reentry
June 2009
Interview with Dora Schriro, Arizona Department of Corrections
Cell Phones in Prison
June 2010
Criminals are using cell phones illegally in prisons and jails to conduct their business and intimidate witnesses. Although technology solutions to this problem are available, they can create new challenges, such as legal and implementation issues associated with cell phone use in correctional facilities. Panelists will discuss various aspects to consider from how prisoners use cell phones, to day-to-day and operational aspects, to legal and regulatory concerns.
What Works in Reentry
December 2018
Series
This Research for the Real World seminar, held October 29, 2018 focuses on the role and importance of institutional and community corrections, and rehabilitative and reentry services in crime prevention and public safety efforts. The seminar supports NIJ and the field in furthering the corrections and reentry research agenda, and advancing the knowledge of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry.
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Using Restrictive Housing to Manage Gangs in US Prisons
Date Published
July 2018
Series
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Literature Review,
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women''s Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS)
2016-MU-MU-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$685,857
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Prison Work Release Programs on Post-Release Recidivism and Employment
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Training and Preparing Inmates for Post-Prison Employment
Date Published
December 2014
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluating Medicaid Access for Halfway House Residents: A Research Partnership with the Connecticut Department of Corrections
2014-IJ-CX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$499,989
Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison 'Real Work' Programs Work?
Date Published
June 2007
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ