Restrictive housing
Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.
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Corrections Work's Adverse Effects and a Total Worker Health Program to Enhance Well-being (Topic 2)
Director's Message: Restrictive Housing in the U.S.
Institutional corrections and, more specifically restrictive housing and other strategies that facilities use to manage and control incarcerated individuals, have become a national priority.
Restrictive housing, commonly known as solitary confinement or administrative segregation, is a common practice in corrections. A recent national...
Director's Message: Setting the Agenda for Administrative Segregation Research
For most of my academic life, I have had an interest in corrections issues, especially the impact of incarceration on families and communities. When I arrived at NIJ, I was excited to be part of a national effort to reform sentencing and incarceration policies, including the use of solitary confinement.
As the nation examines administrative segregation, NIJ’s role will be to do what we do...
What Works in Reentry
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Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Restrictive Housing in America's Prisons and Jails
Examining the Use and Impact of Restrictive Housing
Altering Administrative Segregation for Inmates and Staff: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing
Examining Race and Gender Disparities in Restricted Housing Placements
The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel
What We Know — and Don't Know — About Restrictive Housing
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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