Background Psychological wellbeing, family cohesion, and purposeful life are important
determinants of the prisoners' overall wellbeing and health; therefore, their evaluation is …

Aggression is a costly public health problem with severe and multi‐faceted negative
consequences and thus, identifying factors that contribute to aggression, particularly in …

Correctional scholars have suggested that research describing the world of imprisonment
can help illuminate some of the consequences of incarceration, specifically how individuals …

An increase in the number of older people incarcerated in prisons has given rise to
increased costs of correctional health care. Despite the many benefits of compassionate …

Many jurisdictions across the US have adopted justice reinvestment initiatives (JRIs) as a
strategy for reducing the use of incarceration and mitigating large correctional budgets. In …

Public goods and services such as prisons are often underfunded compared with private
goods and services. Social impact bonds (SIBs) are a new financial vehicle to increase the …

Justice reinvestment has often been hailed as a solution to mass incarceration in the United
States for nearly 20 years. It suggests that inefficiencies in the criminal justice system can be …

Abstract In the United States, only fourteen percent of inmates participated in educational
classes, and less than seven percent participated in vocational training as stated by Coop …

This paper attempts to measure the comparative performance of correctional facility
operations at the state level in the United States of America. We apply data envelopment …

Ex-offenders' criminal records lead to stigma from perspective employers, resulting in hiring
discrimination for ex-offenders. Researchers have explored employers' attitudes towards …