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NCT Number: NCT01357291

Evaluating New Mexico's Recidivism Reduction Program

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Behavior Chemically-Induced Disorders Drug Misuse Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF), Grants, New Mexico, United States

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About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Recidivism Reduction Program

Behavioral

Assigned to the 21-module Recidivism Reduction Program

Other names: RRP, Mew Mexico RRP, New MExico Recidivism Reduction Program

Business-as-usual

Behavioral

Inmates who receive standard programming offered by New Mexico Department of Corrections prior to release.

Other names: Control group

Primary outcomes

  1. Revocation rate

    Time frame: 12 months

    Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from parole and returned to prison during the 12 months following their initial release.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Days incarcerated

    Time frame: 12 months

    Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison after initial release.

  2. New arrests

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of new arrests in the 12 months following initial release.

  3. Self esteem

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmate score on self-reported self esteem scale at two-month followup (just prior to release from prison).

  4. Drug use self efficacy

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmate score on self reported drug use self efficacy scale at 2 months followup (just prior to release from prison).

  5. Criminal thinking

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmate score on self reported criminal thinking scale at two month followup (just prior to release from prison).

  6. Depression

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmates score on self reported depression scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).

  7. Anxiety

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmates score on self reported anxiety scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).

  8. Hostility

    Time frame: 2 months

    Inmates score on self reported hostility scale at 2 month followup (just prior to release from prison).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pepperdine University

Other

Collaborators

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating New Mexico's Prison-Based Recidivism Reduction Program

Acronym: RRP

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
May 20, 2011
Registry last updated
Apr 10, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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