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Social Support, Gender, and Inmate Adjustment to Prison Life

Insights From a National Sample

Shanhe Jiang

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

L. Thomas Winfree, Jr.

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

Although living in prison is difficult for all inmates, anecdotal evidence and a small number of qualitative studies on women's prisons suggest that females have greater social support needs while incarcerated. This claim is important for a more complete understanding of adjustment to prisons. In particular, extra and intrainstitutional social support mechanisms may reduce the inmate-perceived stresses associated with imprisonment and yield fewer official rule infractions. Using a multilevel analysis, the authors explore ties between social support mechanisms and reported rules infractions of a nationally representative sample of male and female state prison inmates. Findings suggest that female inmates experienced more social support than did their male counterparts. Some of the included social support mechanisms seem to affect inmates'adjustment to prison, and the effect of marital status on misconduct varies by gender. The implications of these findings for understanding prison life and for prison administrators are also examined.

Key Words: social support • gender • inmate • multilevel analysis

The Prison Journal, Vol. 86, No. 1, 32-55 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505283876
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