Return to Closed Conditions

The study found that PERS users had a lower likelihood of return to closed conditions. PERS use was significantly associated with a reduced likelihood of return to closed conditions. Among people returned to closed conditions, the mean time spent in open prison before return was 203 days. In the restricted return model, PERS users returned to closed conditions later on average than non-PERS users. The reduced likelihood of return may indicate that PERS improves behavioural or emotional outcomes that help people stay in open conditions. PERS may reduce returns to closed conditions by influencing wider prison staff practices and tolerance for risky behaviours.