Evaluating New Mexico's Recidivism Reduction Program

Behavior Clinical Trial

— RRP  

Official title:

Evaluating New Mexico's Prison-Based Recidivism Reduction Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01357291
• Other study ID #: SPP0311F07
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 18, 2011
• Last updated: April 6, 2018
• Start date: March 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2012

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Pepperdine University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 159
• Est. completion date: May 2012
• Est. primary completion date: March 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inmates who have six months prior to release

• Inmates housed at one of the four experimental prisons

• Inmates willing to participate in the Recidivism Reduction Program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Housed in security Level 4 or 5

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Recidivism Reduction Program
Assigned to the 21-module Recidivism Reduction Program
• Business-as-usual
Inmates who receive standard programming offered by New Mexico Department of Corrections prior to release.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	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

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pepperdine University	University of California, Los Angeles

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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.	12 months
Secondary	Days incarcerated	Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison after initial release.	12 months
Secondary	New arrests	Number of new arrests in the 12 months following initial release.	12 months
Secondary	Self esteem	Inmate score on self-reported self esteem scale at two-month followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months
Secondary	Drug use self efficacy	Inmate score on self reported drug use self efficacy scale at 2 months followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months
Secondary	Criminal thinking	Inmate score on self reported criminal thinking scale at two month followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months
Secondary	Depression	Inmates score on self reported depression scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months
Secondary	Anxiety	Inmates score on self reported anxiety scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months
Secondary	Hostility	Inmates score on self reported hostility scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).	2 months