Current through September 24, 2024
1.
Administration of Correctional
Agencies (Central Office): Written policy, procedure, and
practice provide that the agency supports and engages in research activities
relevant to its programs [2-CO-1F-10].
2.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
Services:
The field agency supports and engages in internal
research relevant to its programs, as well as research conducted by outside
professionals [PP 3-3109].
3.
Adult Correctional
Institutions: The institution or parent agency supports and
engages in research activities relevant to its programs, services, and
operations [4-4108].
The Mississippi Department of Corrections will support
and engage in research activities relevant to its programs, services, and
operations. Research projects will be used to assist in planning and
establishing goals and objectives for the MDOC. Controlled studies,
evaluations, and policy research will contribute to more efficient and
effective institutional operations, programs, and services and will help to
increase public safety.
4.
Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office):
The agency permits, encourages, and uses research conducted by outside
professionals [2-CO-1F-11].
5.
Adult Correctional
institutions:
Written policy, procedure, and practice provide
that the warden/superintendent encourages and uses research conducted by
outside professionals [4-4109].
6.
Adult Correctional
Institutions:
Operational personnel assist research personnel in
carrying out research and evaluation [4-4110].
7. The MDOC permits, encourages, and uses
research conducted by outside professionals. The MDOC staff will assist
research personnel in carrying out research and evaluation in order to
determine research needs, establish priorities, and assist in the research
design, data collections, assessment, and evaluation.
8. The MDOC will have sixty (60) days in
which to process the research application and to obtain approval or disapproval
from the Commissioner.
9. No
research activity will be initiated without the approval letter from the
Commissioner or the Director of Policy, Planning, Research and Evaluation
(PPRE) or designee. The approval letter will serve as the official admittance
into the MDOC facility in which the research will be conducted.
10. No research will be published prior to
MDOCs receipt and review of the final research report.
11.
Research
Applicants
A.
Adult
Correctional Institutions: Written policy and procedure govern
the conduct of research in the institution, including compliance with
professional and scientific ethics and with state and federal guidelines for
the use and dissemination of research findings [4-4111].
B. All research applicants will comply with
MDOCs research protocol in the submission and execution of proposed projects
including compliance with accepted professional and scientific ethics and with
state and federal guidelines for the use and dissemination of research
findings.
C. All research
applicants will complete and sign the MDOC Application for Research Access and
the Research Informed Consent form.
D. Research applicants will submit completed
forms to the Director of PPRE or designee.
E. After approval, the Principal Researcher
will be responsible for obtaining participant signatures and submitting the
completed copy(s) of the Research Informed Consent to the PPRE Division within
two (2) working days.
12.
PPRE Staff
A. The PPRE Director or designee will review
all research applications and forms for accuracy, discrepancies and
completeness.
B. The PPRE Director
or designee will ensure that all research investigators provide appropriate
credentials verification as proof of their capabilities and qualifications to
conduct research.
C.
Adult
Probation and Parole Field Services:
The administrator of field
services and designated staff participate with researchers in deciding what
questions should be addressed, what data should be gathered, and how that data
should be presented [PP 3-3110].
D.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
Services:
The agency administrator of field services reviews and
approves all research projects prior to their implementation [PP
3-3112].
E.
Adult
Correctional Institutions:
The warden/superintendent reviews and
approves all institutional research projects prior to implementation to ensure
they conform to the policies of the parent agency [4-4112].
F. The PPRE Director or designee will provide
copies of the research proposal to any MDOC facility or administrator who may
be affected by the proposed research. The facility or administrator will have
ten (10) working days to complete a review of the research proposal.
Administrative review of the research proposal will include, but not be limited
to the following assessment:
1. A review of
what questions to be asked
2. A
review of what data to be gathered
3. A review of how the data will be
presented
4. A review and approval
of the research to be conduct prior to the implementation
5. Potential disruption of normal
operations
6. Need for additional
security
7. Potential danger to
staff, inmates, or researchers
8.
Financial impact
9. Unique
circumstances specific to a certain correctional environment
G. The PPRE Director or designee
will ensure that any agency personnel involved in the research process will be
responsible for submitting offender data necessary for the completion of the
research proposals to the PPRE Department.
H. The completed research application,
Informed Consent Form and all necessary documentation will be submitted to the
MDOC Legal Department for review and then will be submitted to the Commissioner
for approval or disapproval.
I. All
research applicants will be notified in writing when the research proposal has
been approved or disapproved.
J.
The PPRE Director or designee will serve as a liaison between researchers and
agency personnel and will monitor the progress of research
activities.
K. The PPRE Director or
designee will ensure all research project records are maintained within
PPRE.
13.
Participation
A.
Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office):
Written agency policy governs participation in nonmedical,
nonpharmaceutical, and noncosmetic testing [2-CO-1F-13].
B.
Adult Correctional
Institutions:
Written policy and procedure govern voluntary
inmate participation in nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical, and noncosmetic research
programs [4-4113].
C. MDOC
will allow participation in nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical, and noncosmetic
testing after a review of the proposed research and approval by the
Commissioner.
D.
Adult
Community Residential Services:
In facilities that engage in, or
allow the conduct of research, the facility complies with state and federal
guidelines for the use and dissemination of research findings, with accepted
professional and scientific ethics, and issues of legal consent and release of
information. Procedures govern the
voluntary participation of
offenders in nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical, and noncosmetic research programs.
The facility administrator reviews and approves all research projects prior to
implementation. All research results are made available to the facility
administrator for review and comment prior to publication or dissemination
[4-ACRS-7D-12].
E. MDOCs
research protocols require all MDOC facilities to comply with state and federal
guidelines for the use and dissemination of research findings, with accepted
professional scientific ethics, and issues of legal consent and release of
information.
F. All voluntary
participates will be required to sign a Research Informed Consent
form.
G.
Administration of
Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written policy,
procedure, and practice provide that the agency administrator or designee
reviews and approves all research proposals and/or designs prior to their
implementation [2-CO-1F-12].
H. The Commissioner or designee will review
and approve all research proposals or designs prior to implementation. All
research results are made available to the Commissioner or designee for review
and comment prior to publication or dissemination.
14.
Research
Prohibitions
A.
Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office):
Written agency policy
prohibitsinmates/juveniles/residentsfromparticipatinginmedicalor pharmaceutical
testing for experimental or research purposes [2-CO-1F-14].
B. No inmate will be used for medical or
pharmaceutical testing for experimental or research purposes.
C. MDOC staff and inmates engaged in any
research activities are not entitled to gratuities or compensation of any
kind.
D.
Adult Probation
and Parole Field Services:
Written policy, procedure, and
practice exist to ensure that the privacy of offenders and other parties will
be maintained during all research [PP 3-3116].
E.
Administration of Correctional
Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy ensures that
the privacy of participants will be maintained during all research
[2-CO-1F-15].
F. Disclosure
of any information that identifies staff, offenders or any other person will be
considered a violation of confidentiality and security standards established by
law and departmental policy.
G. No
researcher will violate any requirement imposed by law, or departmental policy
and procedures. Violators will be subject to the termination of research and/or
the application of civil and criminal penalties.
15.
Research
Documentation
A.
Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office):
Written agency policy, procedure, and practice regulate the use and
dissemination of research findings [2-CO-1F-09].
B.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
Services:
Written policy, procedure, and practice specify the
method for dissemination of research findings [PP 3-3113].
C. The Director of PPRE will regulate the use
of research findings and disseminate all final research reports to the
following MDOC personnel: Commissioner, Legal Counsel and Departmental
administrators affected by the research
Miss. Code Ann.
§
47-5-10.
