Nature Documentaries May Help Ease Aggression in Prisons

Now, a new small study suggests that showing nature documentaries to inmates may help to ease aggression in prisons. The study took place in the Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon, in a maximum-security unit housing 48 inmates. Over a year in which half of the inmates had an opportunity to watch nature videos projected in a recreation yard, those who saw the videos were involved in 26 percent fewer violent infractions than those who didn't.