Monitoring prisoners preparingfor release: who ‘fails’ in openprison conditions?

Open prisons play a vital role in offender rehabilitation and resettlement but absconds, temporaryrelease failures (TRFs) and re-offences have damaging implications for the legitimacy of these institutions. Identifying and mitigating the risk for such ‘failures’ is crucial. The present study examine...

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Authors: Goodley, Gary (Author) ; Pearson, Dominic A. S. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 251-273
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Keywords:
Abscond
behaviour monitoring
open prisons
Recidivism
Risk Management
temporary release failure
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Summary:Open prisons play a vital role in offender rehabilitation and resettlement but absconds, temporaryrelease failures (TRFs) and re-offences have damaging implications for the legitimacy of these institutions. Identifying and mitigating the risk for such ‘failures’ is crucial. The present study examined predictors of failure in a sample of 316 adult male prisoners in two open prisons in England and Wales. Almost one-third (n=100) of the sample failed in open conditions, the greatest proportion (n=83,26.3%) instigated by the prison to maintain security and good order (security recall). Yet, only seven re-offended in the year following custodial release. Absconds, custodial re-offences, and TRFs were rare events. Regression analysis identified five factors predicting security recall. Current behaviour, rather than static/historical risk factors, more reliably predicted such failures. Behavioural monitoring and systemic policy re-evaluation are proposed as way of mitigating failures in open prisons.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 269-273
ISSN:1477-3708