Although faith-based programs are present in most prisons for offender rehabilitation, the effect of religion on prison inmates remains an understudied topic. In addition, existing research shows mixed results about the religious effect. The present study intends to not only advance the understanding of inmate’s prison misconduct but also examine whether religion is likely to contribute to reducing the risk of misconduct using a non-Western sample of inmates. To assess the relationship between inmates’ religion and prison misconduct, we applied negative binomial regression to analyze survey data from 986 Korean adult male inmates. Results showed that inmates who had a religious affiliation with Catholicism or Buddhism were less likely to report prison misconduct than those who had no religion. In addition, the inverse relationship was observed whether inmates had participated in religion before incarceration or came to participate in religion while incarcerated, depending on religious denomination.

尽管大多数监狱都有基于信仰的罪犯康复计划，但宗教对监狱囚犯的影响仍然是一个未被充分研究的话题。此外，现有研究显示宗教效应的结果好坏参半。本研究不仅旨在增进对囚犯监狱不当行为的理解，而且还利用非西方囚犯样本来研究宗教是否可能有助于降低不当行为的风险。为了评估囚犯的宗教信仰与监狱不当行为之间的关系，我们应用负二项回归分析了 986 名韩国成年男性囚犯的调查数据。结果显示，与没有宗教信仰的囚犯相比，有天主教或佛教宗教信仰的囚犯举报监狱不当行为的可能性较小。此外，