The interviews took place 1 or 2 days before the inmate's release and consisted mainly of the completion of 5-point rating scales. Inmates could also make openended comments to explain their ratings. The inmates surveyed constituted nine-tenths of the inmates approached for interviews. Aspects favorably rated by three-fourths or more of the inmates included the cleanliness of the facility, personal safety, medical care, and rooms. Less than half the inmates gave favorable ratings to the institutional clothing, education, food, consistency and fairness of rule enforcement, and fairness of how things were done. Inmates rated the chaplain and the recreational staff as most helpful and the correctional staff as least helpful. Mental health inmates answered 27 questions in addition to the general ones. More than two-thirds felt better upon departure than arrival and felt that their problems were resolved. Only half reported that staff recommended continued treatment. Most of the ratings were similar to those reported in exit interview studies for 1983 and 1984. Data tables and appended tables.