Chronic Disciplinary Violators

By H. Toch and D. Grant.

We propose an intervention designed to assist inmates who are chronic disciplinary violators but who are also disturbed or psychologically disabled. A recently completed survey of such inmates in New York Studies of Disturbed and/or Disruptive Inmates, supported by NIMH) suggests that these inmates create problems out of proportion to their numbers and are not deterred through the application of disciplinary penalties.