Inmates

First Step Act: Best Practices for Academic and Vocational Education for Offenders

Date Published

June 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

The Effect of Police Use of Force on Mental Health Problems of Prisoners

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Crime File: Inside Prisons

Date Published

1984

Series

NIJ Crime Files

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing the Impact of Time Spent in Restrictive Housing Confinement on Subsequent Measures of Institutional Adjustment Among Men in Prison

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

What Works in Reentry

December 2018

Series

Research for the Real World

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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RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities.

2018-75-CX-K002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$599,121

A New Role for Technology: The Impact of Video Visitation

Date Published

January 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Addressing Sentencing-related Changes in Correctional Health Care: Building a Practitioner-Researcher Partnership, Final Project Report

Date Published

March 2001

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness Literature Synthesis

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Literature Review, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Nonstranger Victimization and Inmate Maladjustment: Is the Relationship Gendered?

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Hidden Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration on Dependent Children

Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S.: Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions

Date Published

November 2016

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ

Altering Administrative Segregation for Inmates and Staff: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing

2016-R2-CX-0115

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$631,559

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

Changing Nature of Correctional Visitation Can Video Visitation Provide the Same Benefits as In-Person Visits?

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel

2016-IJ-CX-0014

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$730,615

Racial (In)Variance in Prison Rule Breaking

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Assessment of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Florida's Prisons Using a Random Assignment Experimental Design

Date Published

December 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

What We Know — and Don't Know — About Restrictive Housing

April 2016

What do we know about the use of restrictive housing in jails and prison in the U.S.? Leading practitioners and researchers discuss what the current evidence can tell us about how restrictive housing is used, who is in restrictive housing, its effects on inmate populations, and what else we need to learn to identify alternatives to restrictive housing.

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