Dr. Elizabeth Vance, the newly appointed warden of HMP Stonegate, is deeply concerned by the profound 'prisonisation' (assimilation into inmate subculture) and the rapid breakdown of external family networks among long-term inmates. She notes that these social consequences of confinement seem to drive the high rate of reoffending upon release.
What advice might a forensic psychologist give Dr. Vance regarding how to mitigate these social effects of imprisonment in order to reduce recidivism?
