Purpose Professional boundary violations–intentional blurring, minimising or exploiting of
institutions' ethical and legal frameworks–have the potential to cause significant harm to …

Prisons disproportionately confine people who have extensive histories of illicit drug use
and tend to hold groups of people who continue using drugs, albeit in different forms and …

Contraband negatively affects the safety and security of correctional institutions. Extant
research has relied on descriptive analyses or limited measures of contraband. Drawing …

As the number of incarcerated persons who use drugs increases in many countries, it is
important to understand the nature of drug use in prison by exploring how substance use …

Background Correctional workers are at high risk for exposure to trauma, both as direct
violence and as threats to their safety and well‐being. The distress associated with these …

Background Despite the dangers associated with contraband cell phones, there has been
very little systematic data collection on the scope of the problem. Most information is …

The nonprofit Urban Institute is a leading research organization dedicated to developing
evidence-based insights that improve people's lives and strengthen communities. For 50 …

The breach of professional boundaries by correctional staff involves various transgressive
behaviors and improper relationships with incarcerated individuals. Extant literature has …

The nonprofit Urban Institute is a leading research organization dedicated to developing
evidence-based insights that improve people's lives and strengthen communities. For 50 …

Prison visitation is a significant predictor of successful reentry into society for incarcerated
people, but it is a time-, resource-, and psychologically-intensive process for visitors …