Participant attitudes before and after course (N = 37)
| Participant attitude statements | Before course Mean (SD) | After course Mean (SD) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| The purpose of prison in society is to punish people for the crimes that they commit | 2.63 (1.29) | 2.22 (1.28) | 0.01 |
| The purpose of prison in society is to help rehabilitate people | 4.44 (0.69) | 4.50 (0.90) | 0.18 |
| Most people in prison are there mostly because of their own poor choices and personal failures | 3.32 (0.99) | 3.03 (1.04) | 0.01 |
| Most people in prison are there mostly because of disadvantages or hardships they have experienced in their lives | 3.65 1.03) | 3.58 (0.93) | 0.51 |
| Living conditions in prison should be uncomfortable so that people will think twice about committing a crime when they are in the community | 2.02 (0.83) | 1.63 (0.86) | 0.00 |
| Black or Hispanic people are generally treated less fairly than White people in the American criminal justice system | 3.11 (0.93) | 3.46 (1.18) | 0.01 |
| There are racial tensions at the prison system where I work between staff and residents | 2.27 (0.98) | 2.25 (1.19) | 0.97 |
| There is racial discrimination at the prison system where I work between staff and residents | 2.27 (1.04) | 2.00 (1.1) | 0.07 |
| Building positive relationships between incarcerated people and staff is important for running a safe prison | 4.84 (0.37) | 4.84 (0.69) | 0.45 |
| Correctional officers should be responsible for getting to know prisoners as people | 4.57 (0.72) | 4.75 (0.44) | 0.01 |
| Participant attitude statements | Before course | After course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The purpose of prison in society is to punish people for the crimes that they commit | 2.63 (1.29) | 2.22 (1.28) | 0.01 |
| The purpose of prison in society is to help rehabilitate people | 4.44 (0.69) | 4.50 (0.90) | 0.18 |
| Most people in prison are there mostly because of their own poor choices and personal failures | 3.32 (0.99) | 3.03 (1.04) | 0.01 |
| Most people in prison are there mostly because of disadvantages or hardships they have experienced in their lives | 3.65 1.03) | 3.58 (0.93) | 0.51 |
| Living conditions in prison should be uncomfortable so that people will think twice about committing a crime when they are in the community | 2.02 (0.83) | 1.63 (0.86) | 0.00 |
| Black or Hispanic people are generally treated less fairly than White people in the American criminal justice system | 3.11 (0.93) | 3.46 (1.18) | 0.01 |
| There are racial tensions at the prison system where I work between staff and residents | 2.27 (0.98) | 2.25 (1.19) | 0.97 |
| There is racial discrimination at the prison system where I work between staff and residents | 2.27 (1.04) | 2.00 (1.1) | 0.07 |
| Building positive relationships between incarcerated people and staff is important for running a safe prison | 4.84 (0.37) | 4.84 (0.69) | 0.45 |
| Correctional officers should be responsible for getting to know prisoners as people | 4.57 (0.72) | 4.75 (0.44) | 0.01 |
Note(s):
Scale: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree