Examining the Use of Disciplinary Segregation within and across Prisons

Butler, H. Daniel; Steiner, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/07418825.2016.1162319

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“…Some common attempts include expanding direct supervision, increasing the frequency of security sweeps, and restricting prison movement. Some penologists have examined the role of certain prison management strategies, such as applying administrative control (e.g., disciplinary segregation, programming), and how it influences individual behavior (e.g., Butler & Steiner, 2017). Apart from treatment services aimed at reducing criminogenic thinking and impulsivity (e.g., Bonta & Andrews, 2017), many administrative controls have not been shown to increase voluntary deference.…”

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Do Perceptions of Legitimacy and Fairness Matter in Prison? Examining How Procedural and Distributive Justice Relate to Misconduct

Campbell

Labrecque

Schaefer

et al. 2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Recent scholarship suggests disciplinary protocols and incarcerated individuals’ perceptions of procedural justice toward correctional officers may be important in influencing one’s behavior and prison order. This study provides an examination of procedural and distributive justice in prison. We surveyed a stratified random sample of 144 respondents incarcerated in Maine state prisons about their perceptions toward the disciplinary process and corrections officers to assess the relationship between such views and patterns of institutional misconduct. Findings provide partial support for the procedural justice perspective in prison. Normative perceptions (e.g., legitimacy) are positively associated with voluntary deference measures while instrumental perceptions of officer effectiveness in controlling behavior are positively associated with respondent perceived risk. These results supply insight into theory development related to voluntary deference. Similarly, these findings can inform which relationships between officers and respondents may hold the potential to promote rule compliance and prison order.

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Do Perceptions of Legitimacy and Fairness Matter in Prison? Examining How Procedural and Distributive Justice Relate to Misconduct

Campbell

Labrecque

Schaefer

et al. 2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…Which view accords with actual use remains uncertain. As recent reviews highlight (Frost & Monteiro, 2016; Mears, 2013, 2016; Smith, 2006), little is known about the characteristics of inmates sent to restrictive housing at all much less for different periods of time (see, for example, Butler & Steiner, 2016; Mears & Bales, 2010; O’Keefe, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the few studies that draw comparisons to general population inmates, analyses suggest that restrictive housing inmates are younger and more likely to possess a mental disorder, be a member of a minority group, and have a more extensive criminal history (Butler & Steiner, 2016; Helmus, 2015; Hodgins & Côté, 1991; Lovell, Cloyes, Allen, & Rhodes, 2000; Mears & Bales, 2010; Motiuk & Blanchette, 2001; O’Keefe, 2008; Ward, 2009; Zinger, Wichmann, & Andrews, 2001). These studies advance knowledge about factors that may contribute to restrictive housing placements.…”

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Prison System Versus Critics’ Views on the Use of Restrictive Housing: Objective Risk Classification or Ascriptive Assignment?

Labrecque

Mears

2019

The Prison Journal

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Despite the widespread use of restrictive housing in correctional institutions, little is known about the factors associated with placement in this setting. This study advances two theoretical arguments about the use of this practice. The prison system view argues this housing is essential for institutional order and that, accordingly, only inmates who pose an objective risk to safety get placed in such housing. By contrast, the critics’ view argues this housing causes adverse effects and disproportionately targets certain inmates based on their ascriptive characteristics, such as their mental health status or race. The results indicate support for both perspectives.

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“…A recent study of incarcerated individuals in Texas found that variation in IQ influences variation in within-prison misconduct via IQ’s effects on antisocial attitudes (Diamond et al, 2012). Empirical studies also find that misconduct in prison consistently links to severe sanctions (e.g., Butler & Steiner, 2017) and that both are associated with increased rates of recidivism and adverse outcomes during reentry (Cochran & Mears, 2017). Scholarship also suggests that academic achievement could increase the likelihood of in-prison victimization, potentially via its effect on misconduct (e.g., Toman, 2017).…”

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Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry

Silver

Cochran

Motz

et al. 2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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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 indirectly by moderating the effectiveness of in-prison programs. Using a statewide subsample of incarcerated individuals ( N = 13,536), the results illustrated that academic achievement directly and indirectly affected the likelihood of recidivism. Lower academic achievement was associated with a higher likelihood of recidivism immediately upon reentry, but was also linked to greater effectiveness of prison programs aimed at reducing recidivism. The reduction in the likelihood of reincarceration associated with program participation was greater for individuals with lower academic achievement compared with those with higher academic achievement. The results underscore how individual differences can lead to heterogeneous outcomes and emphasize the need to target those individuals most likely to struggle with the practical barriers of reentry.

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Examining the Use of Disciplinary Segregation within and across Prisons

Cited by 42 publications

References 60 publications

Do Perceptions of Legitimacy and Fairness Matter in Prison? Examining How Procedural and Distributive Justice Relate to Misconduct

Do Perceptions of Legitimacy and Fairness Matter in Prison? Examining How Procedural and Distributive Justice Relate to Misconduct

Prison System Versus Critics’ Views on the Use of Restrictive Housing: Objective Risk Classification or Ascriptive Assignment?

Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry

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