Procedural justice (PJ) theory suggests that if incarcerated people perceive their treatment to be fair and just, greater acceptance of staff authority, less misconduct, better mental health, and improved recidivism outcomes will follow. This study developed a measure of and explored PJ perceptions for people in English and Welsh prisons. Factor analysis was used to create a 27-item PJ measure, using data from around 20,000 people who completed the Measuring quality of prison life survey during a 4-year period. The measure had good internal consistency. We found differences in perceptions across groups of people and prison types. Poorer perceptions were weakly associated with self-harm and attempted suicide. There was a negative association between perceptions and misbehavior/incidents in custody, although PJ perceptions were not a significant predictor of incidents.

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英格兰和威尔士监狱中人们对程序正义的看法

程序正义（PJ）理论认为，如果被监禁的人认为他们的待遇是公平和公正的，那么随之而来的是更大程度地接受工作人员的权威，减少不当行为，改善心理健康并改善累犯现象。这项研究为英国和威尔士监狱中的人们开发了一种衡量和探索PJ感知的方法。因子分析用于创建27项PJ度量，使用了大约20,000位在4年时间内完成了“监狱生活测量质量”调查的人的数据。该措施具有良好的内部一致性。我们发现不同人群和不同监狱类型的观念存在差异。较差的观念与自残和自杀未遂之间的联系较弱。看法与监护中的不当行为/事件之间存在负相关关系，