Developing digitally enabled interventions for prison and probation settings: a review

Morris, Jason; Bans, Manpreet Kaur

doi:10.1108/jfp-08-2017-0030

“…Audio, text and visuals are combined to make the character's self-talk visible in a situation where they successfully cope with angry, ruminating thoughts whilst they wait for an adjudication hearing. One of the authors of this article, described a digitally-enabled violence reduction toolkit (the Timewise Channel) for people serving sentences in prison consisting of CDM clips accessed by men via in-room computer terminals (Morris & Bans, 2018).…”

Section: Complementary Digital Media (Cdm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the authors of this paper described a digitally enabled violence reduction toolkit (the Timewise Channel) for people serving sentences in prison consisting of 22 CDM clips accessed by men via in-room computer terminals (Morris and Bans, 2018). The Timewise in-room Channel is currently only being piloted at one prison and the service is subject to process and impact evaluations.…”

Section: Complementary Digital Media (Cdm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The content of the Timewise Channel consists principally of CDM clips designed to promote CBT-based rehabilitative skills and concepts modelled in realistic and relatable scenarios (Morris and Bans, 2018). Timewise CDM clips provide micro-learning experiences that aim to address specific learning outcomes (aligned to concepts in existing HMPPS Offending Behaviour Programmes (OBPs)).…”

Section: Case Study: the Timewise Channelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The content of the Timewise Channel was uploaded by the HMPPS Digital Studio on to the "Hub" of media content accessed by service-users via in-room computers at the pilot site. The channel was launched at a single adult male prison in February 2017. ivThe content of the Timewise Channel consists principally of CDM clips designed to promote CBT-based rehabilitative skills and concepts modeled in realistic and relatable scenarios(Morris & Bans, 2018). Timewise CDM clips provide microlearning experiences that aim to address specific learning outcomes (aligned to concepts in existing HMPPS Offending Behaviour Programmes; OBPs).…”

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Co-producing digitally-enabled courses that promote desistance in prison and probation settings

Morris¹,

Knight

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2018

JCRPP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out an approach to innovation in criminal justice settings that gives service users a “voice” through the co-production of digital content designed for services that promote desistance. The authors describe the benefits and challenges of involving service users in co-creating mediated digital content within a co-production framework. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a new methodology for developing desistance-oriented programmes. The authors draw on a distinctive co-production exemplar within a prison setting that captures the perspectives of people who have shared their voices and the authors begin to explore the impact that co-production has had for them and for the service. Findings The testimonies of service users involved in this exemplar provide insights into the benefits and challenges of co-production in the criminal justice system more broadly. Practical implications Co-production is a credible service design strategy for developing digital services in prisons and probation; Complementary Digital Media (CDM) provides a promising pedagogical approach to promoting desistance; CDM enables service users to share their voice and stories to assist their peers. Digitally enabled courses to promote desistance can be well suited to peer support delivery models. Originality/value CDM is a novel approach that uses co-production to create highly tailored content to promote desistance in discrete target groups. CDM can be used to digitalise processes within traditional offending behaviour programmes (OBPs). It can also enable the development of innovative toolkit approaches for flexible use within day-to-day therapeutic conversations between service users and criminal justice staff or peer supporters. CDM thereby offers practitioners in criminal justice settings an entirely new set of evidence-informed resources to engage service users.

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“…(Morris & Kaur Bans, 2018). This needs to be thoroughly explored, as there could be a potential to reach a larger number of prisoners, than is currently possible.…”

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Technology as a Means of Rehabilitation: A Measurable Impact on Reducing Crime

McDougall¹,

Pearson²

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance

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Although prisons aim to rehabilitate offenders and offer programs to change offending behavior, they rarely provide a culture that sustains such a change. This chapter describes how digital technology can impact on the dependency culture that exists in prisons. Prisoners have little opportunity for taking personal responsibility within a prison regime, so prison does not prepare them for managing their lives after release. Technology offers the opportunity to normalize the prison environment more closely with that of the outside world making the processes more efficient and encouraging self-responsibility and selfimprovement in prisoners. This chapter describes the introduction of self-service kiosks, similar to those found in the community in supermarkets, travel centers, doctors' surgeries and job centers. The kiosks, accessed via biometric fingerprint identification, are located on wing landings, and enable prisoners to complete tasks previously carried out by prison officers using resource intensive paper-based systems. The functions on the kiosks include: access to prisoner account balance, canteen shopping, menu ordering, visits booking, and applications for education. Processes of implementation are described, including staff and prisoner responses, and frequency of use. Rigorous evaluation of the impact on performance measures of introducing the kiosks in a number of mainly private prisons in our recent research revealed a statistically significant reduction in adjudications for in-prison misbehavior including violence. Reoffending was also significantly lower than in prisons without self-service technology. Potential for using the kiosks to develop the educational and rehabilitative functions of prisons are discussed.

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Technology as a Means of Rehabilitation: A Measurable Impact on Reducing Crime

McDougall

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,

Pearson²

2019

The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance

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Although prisons aim to rehabilitate offenders and offer programs to change offending behavior, they rarely provide a culture that sustains such a change. This chapter describes how digital technology can impact on the dependency culture that exists in prisons. Prisoners have little opportunity for taking personal responsibility within a prison regime, so prison does not prepare them for managing their lives after release. Technology offers the opportunity to normalize the prison environment more closely with that of the outside world making the processes more efficient and encouraging self-responsibility and selfimprovement in prisoners. This chapter describes the introduction of self-service kiosks, similar to those found in the community in supermarkets, travel centers, doctors' surgeries and job centers. The kiosks, accessed via biometric fingerprint identification, are located on wing landings, and enable prisoners to complete tasks previously carried out by prison officers using resource intensive paper-based systems. The functions on the kiosks include: access to prisoner account balance, canteen shopping, menu ordering, visits booking, and applications for education. Processes of implementation are described, including staff and prisoner responses, and frequency of use. Rigorous evaluation of the impact on performance measures of introducing the kiosks in a number of mainly private prisons in our recent research revealed a statistically significant reduction in adjudications for in-prison misbehavior including violence. Reoffending was also significantly lower than in prisons without self-service technology. Potential for using the kiosks to develop the educational and rehabilitative functions of prisons are discussed.

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Developing digitally enabled interventions for prison and probation settings: a review

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Co-producing digitally-enabled courses that promote desistance in prison and probation settings

Co-producing digitally-enabled courses that promote desistance in prison and probation settings

Technology as a Means of Rehabilitation: A Measurable Impact on Reducing Crime

Technology as a Means of Rehabilitation: A Measurable Impact on Reducing Crime

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