The origins and contours of inmate social organization were once central research areas
that stalled just as incarceration rates dramatically climbed. In this review, we return to …

This study analyses the relationship between prison moral and social climate and
reoffending. It relates data from the measuring the quality of prison life (MQPL) survey …

This study aimed to adapt the Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) survey for the
Serbian language and culture, considering cultural variations in the quality of prison life …

Performance thresholds and minimum standards in prison have preoccupied policy makers
and practitioners alike for some time. These standards are based on widely accepted …

Internationally, researchers studying correctional officer (CO) work have examined CO self-
presentation, staff-prisoner relationships, and emotional labor. We build on this research by …

Various survey measures have been developed to assess prison climate. Because these
instruments have shortcomings, the Prison Climate Questionnaire (PCQ) was developed to …

Staff–prisoner relationships have long been recognised as lying 'at the heart of the whole
prison system'(Home Office, 1984: para. 16; Liebling, 2011). However, relatively few …

Purpose The Life in Custody (LIC) Study is a nationwide prospective cohort study examining
the quality of prison life in the Netherlands. The purpose of this paper is to describe Dutch …

With a prison population of approximately 9000 women in England, it is estimated that
approximately 600 pregnancies and 100 births occur annually. Despite an extensive …

It is tempting to assume that the United States has fifty distinct state prison systems. For a
time, that assumption was correct. In the late twentieth century, however, states began to …