Justice Data Lab re-offending analysis: The Prison Phoenix Trust

This document describes an evaluation of the impact of yoga and meditation materials provided by The Prison Phoenix Trust to prisoners in England and Wales on re-offending rates. The Trust aims to help prisoners cope with issues like anxiety and sleeplessness through these practices, and the evaluation focuses on individuals who engaged with the Trust multiple times between 2002 and 2010. The methodology involved matching 208 offenders who received materials to the Police National Computer and creating a control group for comparison. The results indicated a re-offending rate of 44% for those who received materials versus 32% for the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant, with a p-value of 0.14. The evaluation acknowledges limitations such as potential selection bias and missing contextual information. It suggests that further research with a larger sample size is needed for more definitive conclusions. The document is under the Open Government License, allowing for the sharing and use of the information provided. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Quasi-experimental method
• Quasi-experimental methods: Matching
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: 2014

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes