Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 29 - Prisons And Parole › Part 1 - Administration and Management › Subpart 1 - Administration › Chapter 10 - Policy, Planning, Research and Evaluation › Subchapter 1 - Research Protocol › Rule 29-1-1-10.1.2 - PRECEPTS

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written policy, procedure, and
					 practice provide that the agency supports and engages in research activities
					 relevant to its programs [2-CO-1F-10].
2.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
					 Services:
The field agency supports and engages in internal
					 research relevant to its programs, as well as research conducted by outside
					 professionals [PP 3-3109].
3.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions
:
The institution or parent agency supports and
					 engages in research activities relevant to its programs, services, and
					 operations [4-4108].
The Mississippi Department of Corrections will support
						and engage in research activities relevant to its programs, services, and
						operations. Research projects will be used to assist in planning and
						establishing goals and objectives for the MDOC. Controlled studies,
						evaluations, and policy research will contribute to more efficient and
						effective institutional operations, programs, and services and will help to
						increase public safety.
4.
Administration of Correctional Agencies
(Central Office):
The agency permits, encourages, and uses research conducted by outside
					 professionals [2-CO-1F-11].
5.
Adult Correctional
					 institutions:
Written policy, procedure, and practice provide
					 that the warden/superintendent encourages and uses research conducted by
					 outside professionals [4-4109].
6.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
Operational personnel assist research personnel in
					 carrying out research and evaluation [4-4110].
7. The MDOC permits, encourages, and uses
					 research conducted by outside professionals. The MDOC staff will assist
					 research personnel in carrying out research and evaluation in order to
					 determine research needs, establish priorities, and assist in the research
					 design, data collections, assessment, and evaluation.
8. The MDOC will have sixty (60) days in
					 which to process the research application and to obtain approval or disapproval
					 from the Commissioner.
9. No
					 research activity will be initiated without the approval letter from the
					 Commissioner or the Director of Policy, Planning, Research and Evaluation
					 (PPRE) or designee. The approval letter will serve as the official admittance
					 into the MDOC facility in which the research will be conducted.
10. No research will be published prior to
					 MDOCs receipt and review of the final research report.
11.
Research
					 Applicants
A.
Adult
					 Correctional Institutions
:
Written policy and procedure govern
					 the conduct of research in the institution, including compliance with
					 professional and scientific ethics and with state and federal guidelines for
					 the use and dissemination of research findings [4-4111].
B. All research applicants will comply with
					 MDOCs research protocol in the submission and execution of proposed projects
					 including compliance with accepted professional and scientific ethics and with
					 state and federal guidelines for the use and dissemination of research
					 findings.
C. All research
					 applicants will complete and sign the MDOC Application for Research Access and
					 the Research Informed Consent form.
D. Research applicants will submit completed
					 forms to the Director of PPRE or designee.
E. After approval, the Principal Researcher
					 will be responsible for obtaining participant signatures and submitting the
					 completed copy(s) of the Research Informed Consent to the PPRE Division within
					 two (2) working days.