Handbook on Prisons and Jails

Danielle S. Rudes, Ph.D., is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University and the Deputy Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!) at George Mason University. Dr. Rudes is a qualitative researcher with over 20 years of experience working with corrections agencies. Her research intersects at the nexus of law and society, punishment, and organizational theory. She is the author of Surviving Solitary: Living and Working in Restricted Housing Units (2022). She is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. Dr. Rudes received the American Society of Criminology’s Teaching Award and several other awards for her research, mentoring, and teaching. She is also a former chair and executive counselor of the Division on Corrections and Sentencing within the American Society of Criminology. Gaylene S. Armstrong, Ph.D., is the Director and Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (UNO SCCJ) on the Omaha and Lincoln campuses. She is also the Co-Director of the Nebraska Collaborative for Violence Intervention and Prevention. As a criminologist, Dr. Armstrong engages in collaborative approaches to community-engaged research encompassing criminal justice agencies, community stakeholders, state legislators, and individuals with lived criminal justice experiences across the United States. Kimberly R. Kras, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University. Her research examines the lived experiences of people experiencing reentry from prison and their process toward desistance. Her work has specifically looked at the role of housing, social support, fines and fees, and most recently, employment in the reintegration of legal system-involved people. She also considers how community corrections organizations and their staff employ evidence-based practices to support (or hinder) the reintegration of justice-involved people. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri-St. Louis following a career with the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole. Kim also holds a Masters in Criminal Justice and Criminology and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. TaLisa J. Carter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University in Washington, D.C., an Affiliated Scholar at Urban Institute, a non-residence fellow with the Brookings Institute, and an Affiliate with the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! at George Mason University. Previously, she worked as a Deputy Corrections Officer in Savannah, GA. Ongoing research examines theoretical explanations of accountability in the Criminal Justice System, the role of identity in criminal justice professions, and the impact of skin tone on criminal justice outcomes. Both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health funded her work.

List of Contributors Volume Editors’ Introduction Part One: Adjustment and Support in Carceral Settings Section One: Individual Adjustment Experiences in Carceral Settings 1. "It Depends:" The Emotional Nature of Video Visitations Between Women Jail Residents and their Loved Ones 2. Some Kind of Light at the End of the Tunnel": Understanding The Importance of Prison Programming for Older, Life-Sentenced Incarcerated Men 3. Examining Prison Adjustment of Life-Sentenced Women 4. Responses to Institutional Misconduct and Pathways Toward Reform 5. The Carceral Experiences of the Wrongfully Convicted 6. The Defects of Total Power Revisited: Excavating Sykes’s Four Versions Of Power in Prison Commentary: Individual Adjustment Experiences in Carceral Settings Section Two: Staff and System Impact on Individual Incarceration Experiences 7. Correctional Officers’ Views of Prison, Punishment, and Rehabilitation 8. Understanding the Physical Prison: The Emergence and Evolution of Prison Design 9. Employment During Incarceration: Findings From a Sample of Serious Violent Justice-Involved Individuals 10. Amplifying Incarcerated Voices: Resident Perceptions of a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Program 11. Beyond Green Corrections: An Invitation to Socio-Ecological Initiatives In United States Prisons, Jails, and Communities 12. Adopting Community-Oriented Policing Principles in Jails to Build Community And Improve Safety, Health, and Wellness Outcomes Commentary: Assessing the Prison Setting and the Voices of Those Working and Living Behind the Walls Part Two: Behavioral and Physical Health Concerns 13. Difficulties in Housing Individuals With Intellectual and Mental Health Challenges: An Examination of Policies and Practices in Jails and Prisons 14. The Lived Experiences of Prison Psychotherapists Commentary: Behavioral and Physical Health Considerations Part Three: On the Horizon: Policy and Program Reform 15. Parenting From Prison: Gender Inequalities Between Incarcerated Mothers And Fathers 16. I’m Not Who I Once Was: The Policies and Treatment of Transgender Individuals in U.S. Correctional Facilities 17. An Overview of Minority Religious Groups and the Need for Accommodations in U.S. Prisons 18. Understanding and Preventing Frequent Jail Contact 19. Implementing Jail Reform: The Approaches Counties Use to Alter Local Jails 20. Islam, Islamophobia, and the Carceral Experience Commentary: Heterogeneity in Correctional Populations and Institutions: Avenues for Future Research and Reform Part Four: Methodological Considerations 21. Interview Research With People in Jail: Challenges and Possibilities 22. Recognizing and Remedying: Reflexive and Centering Approaches To Engaging in Research With Individuals in Carceral Settings 23. Data Surveillance and Carceral Research 24. Poetic Inquiry Criminology: Opportunities for Imaginative Scholarship, Healing, and Transformative Justice 25. A High Potential for Something Good: Reflections on When Lived Experience Meets What Works Commentary: Methodological Considerations: Pitfalls and Potentials Index