The course is for independent study by jail officers who must learn that, in addition to their routine tasks, they must be prepared to be well-trained, responsible professionals, making important decisions and avoiding the mistakes and disproven beliefs of the past. The jail administrator must continually wrestle with the problems of conflicting priorities, limited funds, deficient facilities, and a limited, often ill-trained jail staff; he must find ways to develop his jail as a progressive institution sensitive to the community's needs. In this section of the course on administration of jail operations, the reader is to define his jail's objectives, plan procedures and policies in keeping with these objectives, and decide whether these practices and procedures are in keeping with the changing role and objectives of the jail. Jail operations reviewed are: classification and evaluation of prisoners, admissions procedures, administrative policies (regarding correspondence, haircuts, clothing and food parcels, control of weapons), discipline, emergency procedures (for escape, riot, civil disorder), medical program, food services, sanitation, jail clothing, and records and reports. (SC)