Short-term outcome of inmates participating in the lifestyle change program

A follow-up of 291 inmates who completed at least one phase of the Lifestyl e Change program revealed that these individuals recorded significantly few er disciplinary reports after entry into the program than 82 inmates who we re transferred or released before they had a chance to participate in a sin gle session of the program. The 87 program participants and 24 control subj ects who had been released from custody at least 3 months prior to the end of the follow-up period were included in a survival analysis of time elapse d between release and first negative outcome (halfway house failure, parole /supervised release violation, or arrest). Although the results favored sub jects in the program condition, they failed to attain statistical significa nce. Greater program exposure was associated with slightly better outcomes and high-risk participants appeared to benefit more from the program than l ow-risk participants.