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This study includes 802 interviews that were conducted in two Texas prisons with inmates who were within a week of release. 532 of these individuals were re-interviewed within roughly one month of their release and 482 were re-interviewed roughly nine months after release. In addition to interviews, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Records were made available to the research team and half of the interviews were conducted with identified gang members. This study assesses whether gang members can be surveyed in prisons with fidelity and reports descriptive statistics on gang and non-gang members. More than forty separate scales were included in the interview.

This dataset is from an evaluation of an intervention program designed to facilitate disengagement from gangs and desistance from crime. Led by the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver (GRID), a multidisciplinary team and street outreach workers carried out the randomized controlled trial between 2019 and 2022. One hundred forty-three people referred to GRID were assigned at random to receive individualized, coordinated case management, developed by the multidisciplinary team and facilitated by street outreach workers. Intake data was gathered for each referred individual by the referring agent (i.e. their probation officer) and sent to the study personnel. A baseline survey was attempted for each individual shortly after referral; a follow-up survey was attempted roughly 10 months after referral. Judicial data for each referred individual was gathered from official sources from the 5 years prior to referral and for an 18-month period after referral.