Relationship Between Inmate Misconduct, Institutional Violence, and Administrative Segregation: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Restrictive housing
Gang Affiliation and Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Use of Administrative Segregation and Its Function in the Institutional Setting
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
November 2021
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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The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems Personnel
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Altering Administrative Segregation for Prisoners and Staff: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Corrections Work's Adverse Effects and a Total Worker Health Program to Enhance Well-being (Topic 2)
2020-R2-CX-0006
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$764,928
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...
Topical Working Group on the Use of Administrative Segregation in the U.S.
Date Published
October 2015
Agencies
NIJ
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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Examining Race and Gender Disparities in Restrictive Housing Placements
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions
Date Published
November 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions
Date Published
November 14, 2016
Examining the Use and Impact of Restrictive Housing
2016-IJ-CX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$452,452
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
Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Restrictive Housing in America's Prisons and Jails
2016-IJ-CX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,410,096