Research involving prisoners requires both specific irb membership and approval by ohrp to signify that the proposed research falls within the permissible research categories.

a. True

b. False

That statement is true

This research permission is needed because of these two things:

- On average, Prisoners tend to display higher level of aggressiveness that may be dangerous without monitoring.

- Prisoners often became the subject of inhumane research because society saw them as 'expendables'