Of interest to the researchers were: (1) their views on how being placed in the minumum-security, co-correctional environment after serving time in more security-oriented settings enhanced or hindered their adjustment in the institution; (2) to what treatment-oriented programs in the institution they attributed rehabilitative qualities; and (3) their views on postrelease adjustment and re-entry into society after serving time in the minumum-security facility. The various comments and analyses provided in retrospect by these ex-offenders prove thought-provoking in view of such fundamental issues as the custody vs. treatment controversy, the 'rehabilitation' model of penology, and the impact of a treatment-oriented approach to adult corrections. (Author abstract)