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This survey asks questions about the climate, culture, and programming offered in the correctional facility or facilities for which you are currently responsible. If you do not feel comfortable providing an answer to a particular question, you may skip the question and move on to the next.

This survey was adapted for electronic completion and submission. If you have any questions, please contact Brandy Blasko at [email protected], George Mason University, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence!, 4087 University Drive, Suite 4100, Fairfax, VA 22030.
 
 
 
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What is the exact title of your position?
   
 
 
 
Years in current position
   
 
 
 
Years in corrections field
   
 
 
 
Gender
 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
Age
   
 
 
 
What is the extent of your authority?
 
State
 
County
 
Federal
 
City/Municipality
 
 
 
If you are interested in participating in an interview, please provide your email or telephone number
   
 
 
 
About Your Facility
 
 
 
Population
 
Male Adults
 
Male Juveniles
 
Female Adults
 
Female Juveniles
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Level of security in the facility
   
 
 
 
Number of inmates
   
 
 
 
Number of staff
   
 
 
To what extent do you think the following goals are a priority for you?
Lowest Low Neither Low nor High High Highest
Provide public safety and protection.
Provide an opportunity for individual offender change/reintegration.
Provide safe and humane services to offenders.
Provide offender accountability.
Provide a secure way to incapacitate offenders.
Provide a way to ensure victims rights.
Provide a safe work environment for corrections staff.
Provide work environment for staff growth and enrichment.
Provide effective use of resources to reduce costs.
 
 
 
Culture and Climate
 
 
Please mark the box for the response that shows your answer to each item.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
The environment in my facility needs improvement.
The culture in my facility needs improvement.
I am satisfied with the services offered to inmates in my facility.
I am satisfied with the treatment programs offered to the inmates at my facility.
The staff-prisoner relationships at my facility could use improvement.
 
 
 
What recommendations would you make to improve the climate or culture in your facility?
   
 
 
 
What has worked for you that you would recommend to other facility administrators to improve the climate or culture at their facility?
   
 
 
 
How would you define "moral rehabilitation"?
   
 
 
Below are questions about how you interact with and make decision about inmates at your facility or facilities.
We are using the following definition for this survey:
Front-line staff: Staff who work on the housing units/or interact with inmates on a daily basis.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
I consider input from front-line staff before making decisions about inmates.
I apply policies consistently across inmates and time.
I make decisions about inmates based upon prison polices and rules.
I am courteous to the inmates in my facility or facilities.
I give inmates time to explain their concerns.
I let inmates give input before I make decisions about them.
I tend to side with front-line staff when decisions need to be made about inmates.
I listen to what inmates say and consider their views.
When a problem occurs involving an inmate I allow him/her to make suggestions about how the situation should be handled before a decision is made.
I do not agree with some of the inmate-related policies in place at my facility, but I understand why they are in place.
 
 
 
Programs
 
 
Please respond to the following statements in terms of the degree to which they accurately reflect the conditions in and the functioning of your facility.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
We regularly integrate new services, programs and/or initiatives into our operations.
Our programs, services, and/or initiatives are designed to address the multiple needs of inmates.
We have a high level of coordination across units, and/or departments when it comes to delivering services and programs to inmates.
We have significant challenges in generating necessary external political support for important priorities, new programs, and/or initiatives for inmates.
We have the support we need from our community for important priorities, new programs, and/or initiatives for inmates.
We have funding available to introduce new programs and/or initiatives if they are needed.
We have had to cut or significantly reduce programs and/or services due to funding constraints.
We would significantly expand/enhance certain programs and/or services if funding were available.
 
 
 
If you marked Strongly or Agree for #8, please note which programs or services you would expand.
   
 
 
 
One a scale of 1 (unimportant) to 10 (very important), rate the importance of providing faith-based programs to offenders in prison
   
 
 
 
One a scale of 1 (unimportant) to 10 (very important), rate the importance of providing faith-based programs to offenders in the community.
   
 
 
Below are examples of programs that may be offered to offenders in correctional settings. Using the scale shown, rate the importance of providing each program compared to faith-based services.

Example: Education/GED programming is _________ as compared to faith-based services.
Much Less Important Slightly Less Important Same as Faith-Based Services Slightly More Important Much More Important
Education/GED
Programming to reduce criminal thinking
Mental health treatment
Vocational training
Standardized programming
Re-entry services
Substance abuse treatment
Community service
HIV/AIDS counseling and/or treatment
Programming to reduce violence
 
 
What is the influence, either negative or positive, of the following on the delivery of faith-based programs within your facility:

The Influence of...
Negative Slightly Negative Neither Negative nor Positive Slightly Positive Positive
Community action groups
Legislative priorities (e.g., funding new initiatives)
Judicial priorities
National accreditation standards
Line staff/mid-level management issues
Workload/caseload issues
Oversight advisory board review (e.g., Community Corrections Boards, Re-entry Boards, etc.)
Federal government priorities (e.g., funding for specific initiatives/target populations, etc.)
Pressures to manage/reduce correctional populations
Union related issues
Citizen opposition
 
 
 
Do you have faith-based programs in your facility?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements with regard to programs and services offered at your facility?
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
The staff at my facility encourage inmates to participate in different activities and services.
Inmates are offered the opportunity to provide input about programs offered at my facility/facilities.
Inmates at my facility/facilities communicate with me about the usefulness of the services and programming we provide.
Staff at my facility/facilities communicate with me about the usefulness of services and programming we provide.
 
 
On a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 not comfortable and 5 very comfortable, how comfortable are you with the following:
Not ComfortableVery comfortable
Online learning
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Technology
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Participating in an online network with correctional administrators in your state.
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Participating in an online network with correctional administrators across the United States.
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