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| Social networks in prisons impact prisoner health and re-entry |
| By phys.org- Kristie Auman-Bauer |
| Published: 07/18/2016 |
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Aside from the occasional brush with "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix, many are unfamiliar with the intricacies of the American prison system and the day-to-day lives of the inmates within it. Penn State professor of sociology and criminology Derek Kreager is researching inmate networks to demystify the connections that inmates make in prison in order to help them lead healthier, more positive lives within and outside of the system. "We know a lot about schools, we know a lot about organizations—even gangs—but we don't know a lot about prisons," said Kreager, who hopes to shine a light on this understudied population with three separate studies analyzing inmate relationships. Kreager's first study—the Prison Inmate Networks Study, also known as PINS—was a longitudinal survey of 140 inmates in a local prison's "honor" unit. Funded by the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with the Penn State Justice Center for Research and a multidisciplinary team of investigators from Ohio State University, Arizona State University, Rutgers University, Simon Fraser University, and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, PINS aimed to understand social connections, attitudes and hierarchies within the observed unit over time. "The intent is to use that information to get a sense of how friendship and status are organized within the unit, and how they relate to outcomes like health, misconduct and preparation for re-entry," said Kreager. Read More. |
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