Programming Levels, Activities and Privileges - Subject Release

This measure appears in the following time-points: Release.

Related Construct

Institutional Experience

Description of Measure

This section includes items covering several areas regarding privileges and restrictions within the facility. Introductory questions assess the presence of a system of phases or levels in the program. Follow-up questions obtain the frequency of privileges and restrictions during each of the three phases (when they first arrived, during the general stay, and during the last few weeks): receiving visits, room searches, strip searched, amount of time spent locked in their room, whether they are allowed various items in their rooms, and whether staff has ever opened their mail. Additional questions ask the adolescent if he/she had access to a library, religious services, music or art classes, and athletic teams or recreation classes during their stay.

Several scores are computed:

Average frequency of receiving family visits across the length of their stay [r0priv_fmvisit]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of calling home across the length of their stay [r0priv_callhome]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of seeing their attorney across the length of their stay [r0priv_attvisit]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of significant other visits across the length of their stay [r0priv_sigvisit]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of probation/parole officer visits across the length of their stay [r0priv_povisit]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of visits from any other people across the length of their stay [r0priv_othrvisit]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of room being searched across the length of their stay [r0priv_roomsrch]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average frequency of being strip searched across the length of their stay [r0priv_stripsrch]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average amount of free time across the length of their stay [r0priv_freetime]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Average amount of the day spent locked in their room [r0priv_locked]; mean of the answer for each of the three phases.
Whether staff ever opened their mail [r0priv_mail]
Count of the number of restrictions imposed on the subject during their stay [r0restrict_c]; count of two items. Available only for release interviews conducted on community based programs.
Count of the number of restrictions imposed on the subject during their stay [r0restrict_f]; count of four items. Available only for release interviews NOT conducted on community based programs.
Allowed a radio in their room at any point during their stay [r0priv_radio]
Allowed books in the room at any point during their stay [r0priv_book]
Allowed photographs in the room at any point during their stay [r0priv_photo]
Allowed pictures/posters on the walls of their room at any point during their stay [r0priv_poster]
Number of activities available to the subject during their stay [r0activities]; count of four items
Average frequency of participating in these activities during their stay [r0activiyfrq]; mean of four items

The following individual items are also available:

Regarding programming levels/phases:

Any phases or levels in the facility [R0Pops1]
Was there an initial orientation period [R0Pops2a]
Was there a period towards the end when you were getting ready to leave [R0Pops3a]

Regarding visitations:

Frequency of family visiting - when first arrived [R0Pops9a]
Frequency of family visiting - during the general stay [R0Pops9b]
Frequency of family visiting - during the last few weeks [R0Pops9c]
Frequency of calling home - when first arrived [R0Pop10a]
Frequency of calling home - during the general stay [R0Pop10b]
Frequency of calling home - during the last few weeks [R0Pop10c]
Frequency of seeing your attorney - when first arrived [R0Pop11a]
Frequency of seeing your attorney - during the general stay [R0Pop11b]
Frequency of seeing your attorney - during the last few weeks [R0Pop11c]
Frequency of significant other visiting - when first arrived [R0Pop12a]
Frequency of significant other visiting - during the general stay [R0Pop12b]
Frequency of significant other visiting - during the last few weeks [R0Pop12c]
Frequency of seeing your PO - when first arrived [R0Pop13a]
Frequency of seeing your PO - during the general stay [R0Pop13b]
Frequency of seeing your PO - during the last few weeks [R0Pop13c]
Whether any other than those mentioned above visited the subject [R0Pop14]

Relationship of other person #1 [R0Pop15r]
Frequency of person #1 visiting - when first arrived [R0Pop15a]
Frequency of person #1 visiting - during the general stay [R0Pop15b]
Frequency of person #1 visiting - during the last few weeks [R0Pop15c]
Relationship of other person #2 [R0Pop16r]
Frequency of person #2 visiting - when first arrived [R0Pop16a]
Frequency of person #2 visiting - during the general stay [R0Pop16b]
Frequency of person #2 visiting - during the last few weeks [R0Pop16c]

Regarding restrictions

Frequency of room being searched - when first arrived [R0Pop18a]
Frequency of room being searched - during the general stay [R0Pop18b]
Frequency of room being searched - during the last few weeks [R0Pop18c]
Frequency of being strip searched - when first arrived [R0Pop19a]
Frequency of being strip searched - during the general stay [R0Pop19b]
Frequency of being strip searched - during the last few weeks [R0Pop19c]
Amount of free time - when first arrived [R0Pop20a]
Amount of free time - during the general stay [R0Pop20b]
Amount of free time - during the last few weeks [R0Pop20c]
How much of the day was spent locked in the room - when first arrived [R0Pop21a]
How much of the day was spent locked in the room - during the general stay [R0Pop21b]
How much of the day was spent locked in the room - during the last few weeks [R0Pop21c]
Did staff open your mail - when first arrived [R0Pop24a]

Why was your mail opened [R0Pop24d]

Did staff open your mail - during the general stay [R0Pop24b]

Why was your mail opened [R0Pop24e]

Did staff open your mail - during the last few weeks [R0Pop24c]

Why was your mail opened [R0Pop24f]

Regarding privileges and activities

Allowed to have a radio in their room - when first arrived [R0Stg1Radio]
Allowed to have a radio in their room - during the general stay [R0Stg2Radio]
Allowed to have a radio in their room - during the last few weeks [R0Stg3Radio]
Allowed to have books in their room - when first arrived [R0Stg1Book]
Allowed to have books in their room - during the general stay [R0Stg2Book]
Allowed to have books in their room - during the last few weeks [R0Stg3Book]
Allowed to have photographs in their room - when first arrived [R0Stg1Photo]
Allowed to have photographs in their room - during the general stay [R0Stg2Photo]
Allowed to have photographs in their room - during the last few weeks [R0Stg3Photo]
Allowed to have pictures/posters on the walls of their room - when first arrived [R0Stg1Poster]
Allowed to have pictures/posters on the walls of their room - during the general stay [R0Stg2Poster]
Allowed to have pictures/posters on the walls of their room - during the last few weeks [R0Stg3Poster]
Have access to a library [R0Libr1]

Frequency of going to the library [R0Libr2]

Have access to religious services [R0Relg1]

Frequency of attending [R0Relg2]

Have music or art classes at the facility [R0Arts1]

Frequency of attending these classes [R0Arts2]

Have access to athletic teams/recreation classes at the facility [R0Athl1]

Frequency of attending these classes [R0Athl2]

Data Issues

The following items are skipped if the release interview is conducted on a community based program (established by item R0CommProg; see the Interview Information codebook section for a full explanation of this variable):

Frequency of calling home (R0Pop10a, R0Pop10b, R0Pop10c, r0priv_callhome).
Amount of time spent locked in room (R0Pop21a, R0Pop21b, R0Pop21c, r0priv_locked).
Whether they were allowed to have various items in their rooms (R0StgXRadio, R0StgXbook, R0StgXPhoto, R0StgXPoster, r0priv_radio, r0priv_book, r0priv_photo, r0priv_poster).
Staff opening mail (R0Pop24a, R0Pop24b, R0Pop24c, r0priv_mail)

Two versions of "number of restrictions" are computed:

r0restrict_f: This is computed as a count of four items (room search, strip search, locked in room, mail opened) and is computed only for those cases where the interview is NOT conducted on a community based program (R0CommProg = No).
r0restrict_c: This is computed as a count of two items (room search, strip search) and is computed only for those cases where the interview is conducted on a community based program. We compute this as a separate variable from the one above because only two of the four items are asked for the community based programs.

The three phases of the subject's stay are defined as follows:

When first arrived: This covers the period ranging from their arrival date at the facility to the end of the orientation period.
During the general stay: This covers the period ranging from the end of the orientation period to the start of the final period towards the end when they were getting ready to leave.
During the last few weeks: This covers the period ranging from the start of the final period to either the end of their stay (if they were already released at the time of the interview) or to the date of the release interview (if they had not yet been released at the time of the interview).

References

Parent, D., Lieter, V., Kennedy, S., Livens, L., Wentworth, D., & Wilcox, S. (1994). Conditions of confinement: juvenile detention and corrections facilities. Washington, DC: OJJDP.
McDonough, H., Kernochan, J., & Parent, D. (1999). Data collection instruments: juvenile records/juvenile interviews. ABT Associates Inc: Cambridge, MA.
McDonough, H., Kernochan, J., & Parent, D. (1999). Diagnostic pages for programming outcome measures. ABT Associates Inc: Cambridge, MA.