New policy briefs offer strategies to deal with brief gel violence

Prison violence remains a significant issue in the American criminal justice system, which has led to an unprotected situation for both disorganized individuals and employees. To overcome this pressure problem, a team of researchers has conducted a study with the aim of understanding gel violence to reduce and develop strategies to reduce it in nationwide reform features.

Researchers presented their work in two recently released policy briefs- “Dark figure of gel violence: A multi-strategic approach to highlight the prevalence of gel violence” And “Sources and Results of Gel Violence: Major findings and recommendations from Gel Violence Consortium,

The authors said, “The purpose of our work is understood, addressed and, most seriously, stopped.”

“By providing a fine, data-operated perspective on this complex issue, we expect to catalyze meaningful changes in policy and behavior. The final goal is not only to reduce violence within corrective facilities, but more just, but more, but more just, Human and effective contribution is human and effective and effective.

The work comes from the gel violence consortium. The goal was to make a comprehensive review in nature, causes and effects of gel violence.

Under the leadership of Nancy Rodriguez, UC Irwin Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, reformer experts in the research team, H. of Iowa State University. Daniel Butler, Natasha A of Northeastern University. Frost is included in El Paso and Jillian in Melinda Tuska, University of Texas. Boulder K. J. K. Tornovic.

Members of the Consortium include the Arizona Department of Correction, Rehabilitation and Retirement; Colorado Reforms Department; Massachusetts Reforms Department; Ohio department of rehabilitation and improvement; Oregon Department of Karcasions; Pennsylvania Reforms Department; And the Department of Criminal Justice of Texas.

In their conclusions:

• The vast majority of guilty violent violations can be attributed to a small minority of disorganized persons.
• According to the violent incident report, most violence (71%) occurred among disorganized individuals, while 29% were directed to employees.
• Physical injuries were reported in attacks between 42% attacks or incidents of attacks of rude persons and 21% of employees.
• Most interviewed disorganized persons said how the violence changed that they “time,” leading to social withdrawal, hypervigilance, mistrust and vulnerability.
• Employees reported frequent hazards and physical functions of violence and poor mental health.

Researchers present many recommendations, including:

• Creating a similar definition of gel violence,
• Applying a “injury” tool to document injuries related to violence, and
• Using a wide, dynamic risk evaluation to identify high -risk individuals.

Additionally, they recommend providing evidence-based treatment programs, expanding staff training and increasing mental health resources and supporting gel violence effectively.

Now, as Rodriguez reported, the jail violence is expanding to work with existing partners to include additional state jail systems in the consortium and to design state-specific solutions.

“Our job shows how independent researchers and government can work in a meaningful partnership for co-development solutions for complex problems,” Rodriguez explained. Practically speaking episodes 10, a podcast of Pennsylvania Department of Karekss Bureau of Planning, Research and Statistics,

By implementing the recommendations of the consortium and constructing at its work, he said, the state reformer system can work towards developing reliable matrix of violence, understanding and addressing institutional mechanisms, which hinders accurate violence reporting , And carry forward the interventions that will significantly reduce the damage experienced by inconsistent individuals. And employee.