A diagnostic unit will be constructed at Pine Bluff to provide 376 beds at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,985,375 (104 new positions). The unit will provide for a modern intake process, orientation, and classification for centralized medical and mental health services as well as for work and industry programs. The Special Programs Center will have 100 beds at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,274,413 (55 new positions). The center will provide concentrated services for medically and mentally disabled inmates requiring ongoing or temporary protection outside mainline prisons. This facility has two location options: one would be a newly constructed facility at a site in Pine Bluff, and the second would be a remodeled building at the Arkansas State Hospital at Benton. The Wrightsville minimum-security unit will house 300 inmates at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,532,403 (74 new positions). Programs will include work, prerelease, and industries. Appended study instruments and data, 65-item bibliography.