Basic Education is a way of living which does not receive a ready-made or imported load on instruction but which generates and regenerates education as an outcome of the living process. The pupil learns the art of deriving educational benefit and creative satisfaction from the work he does. (Author)

Penal systems of European countries vary in educational programs and humanizing efforts. A high percentage of Soviet prisoners, many incarcerated for ideological/religious beliefs, are confined to labor colonies. All inmates are obligated to learn a trade, one of the qualifications for release being evidence of some trade skill. Swedish…