Abstract

Most incarcerated individuals do not participate in prison programming, which may be due to the limited availability of programs or the voluntaristic nature of programming. Most incarcerated individuals are provided the opportunity to select their own non-clinical programming. This voluntaristic approach to program participation provides an opportunity to explore the characteristics of who opts into non-clinical programming when given the choice, an inquiry that acknowledges potential practical and ethical limitations to a non-clinical delivery of programming. In this study, we utilize administrative data from a Midwestern state to understand who volunteers for correctional programming in institutional and community settings. Findings reveal days incarcerated and gender are the strongest predictors of volunteerism for a broad array of correctional programs. Implications include a deeper understanding of volunteer characteristics that may assist agencies to adjust strategies aimed at improving correctional outcomes.

摘要

大多数被监禁的人不参加监狱节目，这可能是由于节目的有限性或节目的自愿性质。大多数被监禁的人都有机会选择自己的非临床项目。这种自愿参与计划的方法提供了一个机会，可以探索在有选择时选择非临床计划的人的特征，这是一项承认非临床计划交付的潜在实际和道德限制的调查。在这项研究中，我们利用来自中西部州的行政数据来了解谁在机构和社区环境中自愿参与惩教项目。调查结果显示，监禁天数和性别是各种惩教项目志愿服务的最强预测因素。影响包括对志愿者特征的更深入了解，这可能有助于机构调整旨在改善矫正结果的策略。