Prisoners

If your research involves prisoners, be sure you are familiar with all the special requirements to protect their rights and welfare. These requirements apply both when prisoners are the focus of the study and when a subject already enrolled in a study becomes incarcerated.

Guidance from the Office of Human Research Protection on prisoner research may be found at this link: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/prisoner-research-ohrp-guidance-2003/

More information about research on prisoners may be found by contacting us or at HRPP Policies and Procedures.