Table 3.
CTP post-test survey details
| Questionnaire section/number of questions | Topics |
| Demographics | |
| Demographics/22 | CTP start and end dates; institution of deployment; age; transgender identity; province/territory of residence after deployment; *reasons for joining CSC; *current province/territory of residence; *prior PSP work experience; *biological sex; *gender identity; *educational attainment; *ethnicity; *religious affiliation; *language knowledge; *marital status; *children. The questions indicated with an asterisk are in the CTP pretest survey as well. |
| Personality and stress injuries | |
| Symptoms of mental health and mental injuries/2 | Potential stressors tied to personality is assessed with ‘made-in-house’ multi-item matrix questions with four-point and five-point scales that ask participants to describe their personality and describe their feelings over the past 7 days. |
| Drug in prison | |
| Drug use in the institutions crystal meth/3 | Concerns about methamphetamine in prison (eg, safety concerns and psychosis and withdrawal syndrome among prisoners) and policies/resources that can improve dealing with methamphetamine in prison are assessed with closed-ended questions, particularly multi-item matrix questions with five-point scales, and open questions (‘made-in-house’). |
| Drug use in the institutions – opioids / 7 | Concerns about opioids in prison (eg, encountering opioids, safety concerns and withdrawal syndrome among prisoners), policies/resources that can improve dealing with opioid in prison, and application of naloxone are assessed with open and closed questions, particularly multi-item matrix questions, simple questions with five-point scales and dichotomous questions—all ‘made-in-house’. |
| Needle Exchange Program/1 | Perception of the Needle Exchange Program (eg, support, if it encourages drug use, fear of being pricked by a needle or stabbed with a needle) is assessed with a ‘made-in-house’ eight-item matrix question with a five-point scale. |
| Prison and sexuality | |
| Sexuality/transgender affairs/1 | Feelings towards gender norms, including breaking of gender norms is assessed with a ‘made-in-house’ 32-item matrix question with a seven-point scale. |
| Organisational affairs | |
| Organisational commitment/1 | Attitudes towards CTP, especially if participants are proud to take CTP, loyal to it, share the values advanced by CTP and inspired by CTP, is assessed with a 32-item matrix question with a seven-point scale. The items in this question were adapted from work previously published in the field of criminology.57 58 |
| Culture/4 | Views of correctional work and staff at CTP (eg, authority conferred to officers and supervisors), peer-relationship (eg, communication, respect and loyalty), and relationship officers and supervisors (eg, support, respect and fairness are assessed with matrix questions with five-point and seven-point scales, a dichotomous question and an open-ended question. The questions in this section were adapted from the Staff Quality of Life (SQL) survey developed by the Prisons Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology of Cambridge University,59 as well as work previously published in the field of criminology.60 |
| Correctional officer (CO) code/2 | Physical fitness, cooperation with prisoners (eg, non-disciplinary contact with prisoners, compassion for prisoners, rights of prisoners, misconduct in prisons and control of prisoners), views on prisoners and their rehabilitation process (particularly who is responsible for it), as well as the challenges that COs face to fulfil their mandate (eg, being taken advantaged by prisoners) are assessed with matrix questions containing five-point scales. The questions in this section were adapted from various work previously published in the field of criminology.61–64 |
| Humanising behaviours/2 | Views of prisoners and their resocialisation process, as well contact with prisoners (eg, knowing their names and supporting them), are assessed with a 14-item and 8-item matrix question with a four-point and five-point scale, respectively. The questions in this section were adapted from the SQL survey developed by the Prisons Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology of Cambridge University.59 |
| Correctional training | |
| Occupational mental health training and education/7 | Training participants may have received in mental health support in their correctional role, including during CTP. Training themes include Critical Incident Stress Management, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Mental Health First Aid, Peer Support, Road to Mental Readiness, Understanding and Responding to Inmates with Mental Health Disorders (CAMH/OCSC Training), Fundamentals of Mental Health and AM Strength, is assessed with ‘made-in-house’ open-ended and closed-ended questions (eg, dichotomous, checkbox and multiple-choice questions). |
| AM Strength/23 | AM Strength, particularly if participants found it helpful; how much participants learnt; if participants would recommend it; skills that would be easy or difficult to implement; if participants are likely to use. Information is assessed with open-ended and closed-ended ‘made-in-house’ questions; closed-ended questions include dichotomous, multiple-choice and multi-item matrix questions with a ive-point scale. |
| Burnout/1 | Burnout during CTP, measured in a 16-item matrix question with a five-point scale. The items in this question were adapted from the burnout literature.65 |
| COVID-19 | |
| COVID-9 operational/4 | Same questions in all surveys (table 2). |
| COVID-19 Stress Scale/3 | Same questions in all surveys (table 2). |
| Other | |
| Ethics protocols/3 | Same questions in all surveys (table 2). |
Follow-up survey (odd year).
CTP, correctional training programme.