Table 2.

Characteristics of the Prisons (Organizational) by Type of Facility

	Nonspecializeda		Psychosocialb		Other Populationsc		F Test
Organizational Measures	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Average daily population	2522.27	5842.40	792.39	778.109	1101.64	1022.59	1.65
Number of new yearly intakes	1609.13	2014.78	901.15	862.75	1130.13	1881.35	1.48
Number of full-time employees	372.65	355.00	171.02	156.54	218.05	148.68	4.64*
Number of full-time supervisors	327.51	254.92	136.19	120.73	142.00	122.03	7.93**
Number of treatment staff full-time	31.03	41.88	29.82	24.52	23.25	20.10	0.20
Number of programs offered	2.29	1.07	2.45	1.09	2.45	1.04	0.29
Number of substance abuse services	5.32	2.77	5.65	2.99	6.00	2.83	0.32
Involvement	3.64	0.61	3.81	0.57	3.82	0.62	1.00
Consistency subscaled	3.95	0.68	3.87	0.59	3.82	0.52	0.27
Staffing Needs subscaled	3.05	0.73	2.62	0.81	2.86	0.67	3.20*
Training Needs subscaled	3.69	0.58	3.62	0.61	3.80	0.58	0.40
Program Funding subscaled	2.33	0.82	2.26	0.74	2.30	1.05	0.08
Physical Facilities subscaled	3.55	0.78	3.48	0.97	3.06	0.94	1.50
Sharing Information with Substance Abuse Program subscalee	3.68	3.55	4.94	4.39	1.18	1.72	5.60**
Sharing Information with Community Corrections subscalee	3.59	3.17	3.39	3.79	3.73	3.71	0.05

^an = 56.

^bn = 31.

^cn = 11.

^dSubscales are on a Likert-type scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).

^eSubscales represent the total number of common activities associated (from 0–11) with substance abuse treatment programs, with judiciary, or with community corrections programs.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.