• Introduce learners to the landscape of carceral spaces
• Introduce learners to key concepts that facilitate research with correctional staff
• Prepare learners to engage more effectively as researchers or participants in research in carceral settings

• The importance of diversity in research teams and techniques for building them
• The hierarchical landscape of carceral spaces and how to best navigate them
• Strategies for building trust with research participants, including correctional staff and residents

Anyone interested in or preparing to participate in research in carceral spaces, including correctional staff and prison and jail administrators.

This course is sponsored by the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

We thank Danielle Rudes, PhD for the opportunity to develop this course and the freedom to be innovative in both the content and design. We thank Sara Anderson of Slonky, LLC for her incredible design work and for making the content come to life. We thank the people we interviewed in solitary confinement units in a state prison---both correctional staff and residents—for teaching us. Without you this course wouldn’t be possible.

Solitary Confinement, Correctional Research, LEAP, LEAP Learner, Correctional Staff, Carceral, Carceral Research, Conducting Research, Research Teams, Diversity, Power, Trust