Policy Briefs

Ensnarement during imprisonment: Re-conceptualizing theoretically driven policies to address the association between within-prison sanctioning and recidivism.

Article Summary: The current study used data collected during the Evaluation of Ohio’s Prison Programs. The analytical sample of N = 63,772 inmates represents one of the largest samples used to assess the association between within-prison sanctioning and recidivism. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) demonstrated that five guilty sanctioning clusters existed within the data: PersistentContinue reading “Ensnarement during imprisonment: Re-conceptualizing theoretically driven policies to address the association between within-prison sanctioning and recidivism.”

Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry

Article Summary: The current study examines how academic achievement—measured as verbal and math performance—is associated with prison programming and reentry. We assess how academic achievement might be directly associated with recidivism and whether this occurs through indirectly by moderating the effectiveness of in-prison programs. Using a statewide subsample of incarcerated individuals (N = 13,536) theContinue reading “Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry”