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43 Canadian J. Criminology 123 (2001)
Making Prisons Safer and More Humane Environments

handle is hein.journals/cjccj43 and id is 127 raw text is: Making prisons safer and more humane environments(') Paul Gendreau and David Keyes Centre for Criminal Justice Studies University of New Brunswick Saint John, New Brunswick Le dobat en cours concernant les effets sur les d~tenus de divers aspects de la vie carc~rale est trs important, c'est mime n~cessaire pour que les professionnels de la correction gardent & la m~moire qu'il nous faut au moins rendre l'environnement carc~ral s~curitaire et bienfaisant. A cette fin, dans ce texte, nousfaisons ressortir les donnes obtenues dans trois r~centes recherches quantitatives: (1) la pr~vision des inconduites dans la prison, (2) les types de programmes qui aident e r~duire l'inconduite, et (3) les methodes de gestion quifavorisent l'amlioration des conditions de vie des personnes incarc~rces et de leur gardiens. The ongoing debate as to the effects of various aspects of incarcerated life is absolutely necessary to remind all of us involved in the correctional enterprise that, at the very least, we should endeavour to make our prisons safe and humane environments. To this end, we briefly highlight the results from three recent quantitative research summaries; the prediction of prison misconducts, the types of programs that reduce misconduct behaviour in prisons and proactive managerial policies that have direct implications for improving the life of the incarcerated and their keepers. When the senior author first began to investigate the effects of prison life, concerns were narrowly focused if not naive .2) In the 1960's, Kingston Penitentiary had an inmate count of 1,000, but only several inmates at any one time were placed in solitary confinement and generally for only a few days! During this period, the senior author was assigned by the Chief Psychiatrist (Dr. George Scott) to monitor the mental health of the offenders placed in solitary. Dr. Scott's view was that solitary confinement Canadian Journal of Criminology 123 to 130 Revue canadienne de criminologie January/janvier 2001

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