By Hans Toch

“The idea of functional units was simple: take a prison and divide it into smaller groups of inmates and staff members. Each group of inmates (50-100 ni 1970) would have its own staff team. The inmates would stay with their units and would be individually programmed. Each unit would become a specialized"mini-prison" within a larger prison and share the institution's facilities with other units.”

Federal Prison Journal 1992.. 4p.