Evaluating New Mexico's Recidivism Reduction Program
- Conditions
- Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Recidivism Reduction ProgramBehavioral: Business-as-usual
- Registration Number
- NCT01357291
- Lead Sponsor
- Pepperdine University
- Brief Summary
A a multi-site trial to measure the efficacy of the Recidivism Reduction Program, a prison based, twenty-one module reentry program operated by the New Mexico Department of Corrections.
- Detailed Description
The New Mexico Department of Corrections Recidivism Reduction Program (RRP) is designed to provide offenders with knowledge and skills that are transferable to the community setting and to address issues that offenders will invariably face upon release to the community. Transitional coping skills, offender expectations upon release, family issues, and dealing with authority figures are a few of the challenges facing offenders upon reintegration. The Recidivism Reduction Program is aimed at preparing offenders for the potential obstacles that they may encounter upon release to the community and providing them skills to overcome the challenges that they will face. The RRP curriculum focuses on belief systems, self-esteem, and rational thinking. The RRP is a twenty-one module clinician-led program (approximately 100 hours) delivered in a group setting within months of release. Outcomes focus on measures of transition readiness, successful transition into the community, and recidivism.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 159
- Inmates who have six months prior to release
- Inmates housed at one of the four experimental prisons
- Inmates willing to participate in the Recidivism Reduction Program
- Housed in security Level 4 or 5
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Recidivism Reduction Program Recidivism Reduction Program Inmates who were assigned to the RRP intervention. Business-as-usual Business-as-usual Business-as-usual are those inmates not assigned to RRP and who receive standard inmate programming.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Revocation rate 12 months Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from parole and returned to prison during the 12 months following their initial release.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression 2 months Inmates score on self reported depression scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Days incarcerated 12 months Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison after initial release.
Criminal thinking 2 months Inmate score on self reported criminal thinking scale at two month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Anxiety 2 months Inmates score on self reported anxiety scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
New arrests 12 months Number of new arrests in the 12 months following initial release.
Self esteem 2 months Inmate score on self-reported self esteem scale at two-month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Drug use self efficacy 2 months Inmate score on self reported drug use self efficacy scale at 2 months followup (just prior to release from prison).
Hostility 2 months Inmates score on self reported hostility scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF)
馃嚭馃嚫Grants, New Mexico, United States
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (CNMCF)
馃嚭馃嚫Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States
Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM)
馃嚭馃嚫Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Springer Correctional Facility (SCF)
馃嚭馃嚫Springer, New Mexico, United States