The aim of the present study is to classify the themes of the employee status model with an interpretive structural approach. The research method is fundamental-applied in terms of its purpose and qualitative in terms of its implementation method. The statistical population of this study includes 10 university professors, experts in the field of human resources, and senior managers of the General Directorate of Prisons who were selected through a purposive sampling method. The interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and MICMAC methods were used to classify the themes. The results showed that at the first level, the themes of “coherence and existence of effective relationships”, “respect and appreciation of employees” and “human resource planning” were included. In other words, the aforementioned themes receive the greatest influence from other research themes. At the second level of the model, five themes of “alignment of individual and organizational goals”, “job independence”, “improvement of social status”, “career advancement path” and “systematic participation of employees in decision-making” were included. The themes located at the second level influence the themes at the first level and are influenced by the themes at the third level. At the third level, the theme of "organizational justice" and at the fourth level, the theme of "individual status of employees" are located, which have the greatest influence on the themes at the lower level.