Table 1. Summary of the availability of websites, availability of policy, contact information, and content of policy information. A web page is referred to as such to delineate it from a website in the same statement.
| States, n/N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total states | |||
| States with a DOCa-specifica website | 48/50 (96) | ||
| Sates with a research web page on the website | 33/50 (66) | ||
| If no research web page, research resources found through Google search in the first 25 results | 10/50 (20) | ||
| No research web page or easily found information from Google searches | 5/50 (10) | ||
| Subanalysis of research policies on research web pages | |||
| Availability of research policies on research web pages | |||
| Research policies downloadable from web pages | 29/33 (88) | ||
| Research policies/procedures directly available on web pages without download | 7/33 (21) | ||
| Reference to research policies but not linked to web pages/required separate searches | 1/33 (3) | ||
| No reference to policies or procedures | 3/33 (9) | ||
| Contact email/phone available | 25/33 (76) | ||
| Content of policies on research web pages (available both directly and/or downloadable) | |||
| Recruitment of staff | 22/29 (76) | ||
| Consent of staff | 24/29 (83) | ||
| Payment of staff | 14/29 (48) | ||
| Recruitment of people who are incarcerated | 23/29 (79) | ||
| Consent of people who are incarcerated | 24/29 (83) | ||
| Payment of people who are incarcerated | 18/29 (62) | ||
| External institutional review board requirements | 20/29 (69) | ||
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DOC: Department of Corrections.