Return to Closed Conditions

How it works

Benefits

Comparisons

Highlighted claims

• The study found that PERS users had a lower likelihood of return to closed conditions. — 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
• Among people returned to closed conditions, the mean time spent in open prison before return was 203 days. — 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 return model, PERS users returned to closed conditions later on average than 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
• PERS use was significantly associated with a reduced likelihood of return to closed conditions. — 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 reduced likelihood of return may indicate that PERS improves behavioural or emotional outcomes that help people stay in open conditions. — 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 may reduce returns to closed conditions by influencing wider prison staff practices and tolerance for risky behaviours. — 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