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Item Misconduct in prison : examining MMPI-2 personality characteristics within a correctional sample(2003) Frackowiak, Marita Szatanik; Ainslie, Ricardo C.More than 2 million people are incarcerated in local, state, and federal correctional facilities (U.S. Department of Justice, 2002). In the past 20 years forensic and prison populations have increased by 400 percent, reaching record high numbers, with little indication of slowing growth (Megargee, 1994). Parallel to this rapid increase, questions of institution management, inmate behavior, and conformity to prison rules, as well as cost effectiveness become relevant. According to prison administrators, the management issue of greatest priority is maintaining the safety of the institution (Cullen, Latessa, Burton, & Lombardo, 1993). The present study therefore examined the differences in rates and the seriousness of inmates’ misconduct in relation to their personality characteristics and psychopathology, as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 (MMPI-2). Data were obtained from archival records at a low-security federal institution in the Southwestern U.S. The sample consisted of 250 protocols of male inmates who produced a valid MMPI-2 profile. Demographic information as well as inmates’ institutional behavior was obtained from the federal records. Institutional behavior was assessed in terms of frequency of behavioral infractions and the severity of the misconduct. The MMPI-2 profiles of inmates who engaged in misconduct differed descriptively from those who did not and selected scale elevations were significantly related to prison misconduct. No significant results were found in the prediction of the severity of inmate misconduct. In addition, the MMPI-2 based four-group classification model was examined, however, no significance was found in its relation to prison behavior. As a result of these findings, the model itself was examined for its applicability to a criminal sample. Cluster analysis did not confirm the four-group model; instead, it revealed a three-group solution: psychotic, depressive, and normal. The findings are discussed in terms of clinical implications as well as directions for future research.Item Motherhood, blackness, and the Carceral regime(2011-05) Cole, Haile Eshe; Vargas, João Helion Costa; Awad, GermineIn light of the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the United States, black women have become the fastest growing incarcerated population in the U.S. Given the fact that more than 75% of incarcerated woman are the primary caregiver for at least one child under the age of 18 the growing incarceration of black women results in the separation of many black mothers from their children. This assault on black motherhood is part of a historically persistent practice of subjugation, control, and maintenance over black women’s reproduction and bodies starting from slavery. This report will not only map this repressive trajectory into the present, but it will also focus on examining black motherhood through the lens of mass incarceration. Furthermore, this report will not only attempt to situate the enduring practice of black women’s subjugation within larger discourses around racism, sexism, oppression, state control, domination, and power but also within an understanding of manifestations of embodied blackness.Item Reducing Texas’ prison population through release policy changes(2011-05) Steck, Patrick Jonathan; Stolp, Chandler; Deitch, MicheleTexas’ prison population has grown rapidly over the last twenty years, tripling in size from 45,000 prisoners to more than 150,000 today. This report looks at ways to reduce the prison population by changing policies affecting odds of a prisoner’s release. Often, advocates focus on sentencing reform. Yet, with nearly all prisoners returning to society after serving time in prison, the release side of the prison system should be given due attention. With policy considerations of cost, public safety, racial disparity, and impact on communities, this paper looks at how policies can be adjusted to reduce the prison population using the many “back-end” policy levers that are available. Specific recommendations include giving drug offenders slightly greater odds at release and making a concerted effort to reduce the racial disparity in prison release practices.Item Requiring County Jail Inmates to Pay for Some Health Care Services(Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT), 2003) Fontenot, James