Prison officials often rely on restrictive housing to promote institutional safety and security. However, a growing body of research indicates this type of confinement has little impact on inmate behavior or institutional order. An alternative approach involves providing the most dangerous and disruptive inmates with increased case management services and other proactive programmatic opportunities. The success of this strategy requires an ability to prospectively and accurately identify the most problematic inmates. The results of this study indicate that Risk Assessment for Segregation Placement (RASP) and its revised Oregon version (RASP-OR) are valid predictors of segregation placement and institutional misconduct. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

监狱官员经常依靠限制性住房来促进机构安全和保障。然而，越来越多的研究表明，这种类型的监禁对囚犯的行为或制度秩序几乎没有影响。另一种方法是为最危险和最具破坏性的囚犯提供更多的案件管理服务和其他积极的计划机会。这一策略的成功需要能够前瞻性地准确识别问题最大的囚犯。本研究结果表明，隔离安置风险评估 (RASP) 及其俄勒冈州修订版 (RASP-OR) 是隔离安置和机构不当行为的有效预测指标。讨论了这些发现的政策含义。