Community Release

Benefits

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Across the full study period, 162 people were released into the community. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis
• The mean time spent in open prison before release was 375 days across the full study period. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis
• In the restricted release model, PERS users had a mean time to release of 454 days compared with 422 days among non-PERS users. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis
• The study hypothesized that PERS users would be released into the community sooner than comparable non-users, but the findings contradicted this hypothesis. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis
• PERS users were less likely to be released to the community during the analysed period than matched non-PERS users. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis
• The delayed release finding was unexpected and may still have benefits if additional time supports gradual reintegration. — Evaluating outcomes of psychological support services in minimum security prisons in England: a quasi-experimental retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching and survival analysis