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Results of the Correctional Institutions Environmental Scale: Maryland and Connecticut Treatment and Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Programs

NCJ Number
112572
Author(s)
K J Ribler
Date Published
1980
Length
39 pages
Annotation
Based on responses to the Correctional Institutions Environmental Scale (CIES), this working paper presents staff and inmate perceptions of the social environments of the Treatment and Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners (TRAP) programs in Maryland and Connecticut.
Abstract
TRAP involved a 12-18 month voluntary regime for drug abusing offenders that provided treatment in the institution and then continued the treatment during parole. In this study, TRAP staff and inmates completed two versions of the CIES: one assessing the real social climate and one depicting the ideal climate. The Maryland profile was based on responses of 13 staff members who completed both versions, 117 inmates who completed the real version, and 100 inmates who completed the ideal version. In Connecticut, 43 inmates completed the real version and 37 the ideal version. Both versions were completed by the 16 staff members. The report describes the CIES test and profiles programs and inmates in both sites. Overall, TRAP participants perceived their programs' social milieu as promoting a practical orientation. Both groups indicated there was an above average emphasis on staff control. Connecticut TRAP staff were consistently more positive than inmates in their perceptions. This was not true in Maryland where both groups had similar perceptions. Graphs, tables, 13 references.