“…Evidence across research literature shows that exercise in detention environments improves mental health related factors such as self-esteem (Basaran, 2016;Verdot, Champely, Clement, & Massarelli, 2010) mood (Hilyer, Wilson, Dillon, Caro, Jenkins, Spencer, & Booker, 1982) and quality of life (Mannocci, Mipatrini, D' Egidio, Rizzo et al, 2017), while reduces aggression (Williams, Collingwood, Coles, & Schmeer, 2015), anxiety and depression (Ghanbarzadeh & Mohamadi, 2012;Buckaloo, Krug, & Nelson, 2009) stress (Bilderbeck, Farias, Brazil, Jakobowitz, & Wikholm, 2013;Harner, Hanlon, & Garfinkel, 2010) and sense of hopelessness (Cashin, Potter, & Butler, 2008) among prisoners.…”