Needed—New Legislation in Correction

Abstract

Although some courts no longer feel restrained by the "hands off" policy under which correctional administration and treat ment were rarely interfered with, the few decisions thus far have had a very limited effect on practice. The basic structure of cor rectional work is statutory. The statutes governing correctional work today are extremely primitive, hardly any more advanced than the earliest statutes and, on occasion, retrogressing to avoid the effect of a court decision.