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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
159
Assigned to the 21-module Recidivism Reduction Program
Inmates who receive standard programming offered by New Mexico Department of Corrections prior to release.
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF)
Grants, New Mexico, United States
Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (CNMCF)
Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States
Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Springer Correctional Facility (SCF)
Springer, New Mexico, United States
Revocation rate
Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from parole and returned to prison during the 12 months following their initial release.
Time frame: 12 months
Days incarcerated
Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison after initial release.
Time frame: 12 months
New arrests
Number of new arrests in the 12 months following initial release.
Time frame: 12 months
Self esteem
Inmate score on self-reported self esteem scale at two-month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Time frame: 2 months
Drug use self efficacy
Inmate score on self reported drug use self efficacy scale at 2 months followup (just prior to release from prison).
Time frame: 2 months
Criminal thinking
Inmate score on self reported criminal thinking scale at two month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Time frame: 2 months
Depression
Inmates score on self reported depression scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Time frame: 2 months
Anxiety
Inmates score on self reported anxiety scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
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Time frame: 2 months
Hostility
Inmates score on self reported hostility scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).
Time frame: 2 months