Stress, Crowding, and Blood Pressure in Prison

Contents: Introduction and Overview. The Study of Human Crowding. Studies of Crowding and of Health in the Prison Setting. Blood Pressure as a Measure of Psychosocial Stress. The Initial Cross-Sectional Study. Middlesex County House of Correction and Jail. The Methods of the Longitudinal Study. Correlates of Blood Pressure at the Start of Imprisonment. Changes in Housing Mode: Effects on Blood Pressure, Perceptions, Mood, and Symptoms. Correlates of Blood Pressure Throughout the Sentence. Time Trends in Inmate Activities and Perceptions. Health Status of Inmates at Billerica. Job-Related Stress Among Correctional Officers. Summary, Synthesis, and Recommendations. Appendices: Correctional Institutions Environmental Scale. Zuckerman and Lukin Adjective Check List. Symptom Scale, National Center for Health Statistics. Anger-Aggression Scale. Analytic Methods and Details of Results.