Evaluation of a prison violence prevention program: impacts on violent and non-violent prison infractions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals who commit acts of violence in prisons are often placed in highly controlled environments called restrictive housing (i.e., solitary confinement), which can have severe physical and mental health consequences and does not reduce violence. As such, North Carolina prisons have introduced the rehabilitative diversion unit (RDU) to reduce the use of restrictive housing and reduce violence in prison.

Methods

We evaluated the effect of the RDU on prison infractions. We compared rates of infractions by type (including violent infractions) among men enrolled in the RDU and men who were eligible for the RDU but placed in restrictive housing for control purposes (RHCP). We also evaluated sustained program impacts by comparing the hazard of first infraction among

SUBMITTER: Remch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367332 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature