Inmate mobility as measured by pedometers at the Federal Medical Center - Lexington, Kentucky

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Inmate mobility as measured by pedometers at the
Federal Medical Center - Lexington, Kentucky

• LCDR Alex Brenner, PT, DPT, OCS
• CDR Fred Lief, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT

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Agenda

• FMC-Lexington
• Overview of research with inmates in the BOP
• Inmate Mobility at FMC-LEX

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FMC-LEX
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FMC-LEX (cont)
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Research in the BOP

• Program Statements
• 1070.07 Research
• 28 CFR 46 Protection of Human Subjects
• Local Policy

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Procedure
Researcher

Written Proposal
Director, BOP
Contact Local Research Review Board (IRB)
Central Office (Bureau Research Review Board)
IRB Meets to review proposal
Research Proposal Accepted
Regional Director
Warden
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Pitfalls Overcoming Pitfalls

• Inconsistencies with Program Statement
• Slow process
• Too many desks
• Difficult to find anyone with answers

• Ask a lot of questions
• Squeaky wheel
• Be persistent
• Simply follow the rules

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Inmate Mobility Intro

• Purpose / Background

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Methods

• Subject recruitment
• 10 from each housing unit, 1 from Special Housing
  Unit (SHU)
• Informed consent
• Pedometer
• Yamax Digi-walker SW-701
• Instruction/practice
• Personal Logs

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Results
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Discussion

• Housing Unit Locations
• Age
• Health of inmate
• Misconception of Confinement

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Discussion

• SHU Considerations

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What to take from the data?

• Target HCU and SHU for exercise promotion and
  education
• Map out walking distances within the prison
• Track
• SHU Cell
• Pursue authorizing pedometers in prison

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Limitations / Future direction

• Future research
• Corroborate findings in large sample
• BOP Staff
• Plausibility of applying to other populations
• Indian Tribes etc

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Questions?

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