Can you get “clean” in dirty water? : a qualitative case study exploring the prison environment, basic needs, and the barriers to substance abuse rehabilitation.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Howell, Leanne. | |
| dc.creator | Williams, Tyesia, 1979- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-30T12:45:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-30T12:45:13Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2023-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-07-30T12:45:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The prison environment has historically been synonymous with criminality, brutality, and drug activity. Yet, offenders are expected to release from prison facilities clean from drug abuse and with a rehabilitated mindset, even though they have had little to no access to the basic needs necessary to successfully rehabilitate. Considering that one of the main purposes of corrections is rehabilitation, understanding how providing basic needs within the prison environment in which treatment occurred is an important factor in the motivation of an offender to move toward self-actualization. This study explores the prison environment, basic needs, and the barriers to substance abuse rehabilitation. In this research study, I employed a single qualitative case study design. Due to the qualitative design, I gathered rich, detailed data through the use of individual interviews, observations, and a focus group from the participants. Collecting such data allowed for the voices of the participants to be heard regarding their experiences with basic needs within the prison environment. The case study method also allowed the exploration of this problem within the bounded system of one substance abuse treatment program within one Louisiana prison. This qualitative case study was conducted to hopefully bring awareness and change to the lived experiences of the offenders. The results and implications of this study revealed the importance of providing basic needs within the prison environment to promote the motivation of rehabilitative change. The lack of these basic needs had the potential to thwart any desire to seek or make positive behavioral and life changes during treatment. On the contrary, providing these basic needs on some level allowed the offenders, in this case study, to feel safe from the temptation of drug and criminal activity, build positive relationships, raise self-esteem, set small goals, and focus on rehabilitative change. Although all basic needs were not fully met in the opinions of the participants, this study conveyed the potential impact providing basic needs during incarceration can have on the lives of the offenders, their families, and the community. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2104/12897 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | No access – contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu | |
| dc.title | Can you get “clean” in dirty water? : a qualitative case study exploring the prison environment, basic needs, and the barriers to substance abuse rehabilitation. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| local.embargo.lift | 2025-12-01 | |
| local.embargo.terms | 2025-12-01 | |
| thesis.degree.department | Baylor University. Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction. | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Baylor University | |
| thesis.degree.name | Ed.D. | |
| thesis.degree.program | Learning & Organizational Change | |
| thesis.degree.school | Baylor University |
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