The lack of research on co-correctional facilities is evident. Interest in systematically documenting the outcome of co-correctional policy has been conspicuously absent. Data are non-comparable, and there is a lack of measurement instruments designed for research in co-corrections. Some potential disadvantages of co-correctional institutions include higher costs due to increased surveillance and security measures, pregnancies, prostitution, and pimping. The public also may view co-correctional institutions as coddling the inmates or leading to a higher incidence of staff-inmate intimacy. Co-corrections does seem to simulate real-life circumstances, however, which is an experience worth exploring. Virtually all offenders eventually will be released from prison. Making prisons more normal through co-corrections may facilitate adjustment in the community after release. Co-corrections should, however, be reserved for select offenders who want to become prosocial after a period of regular confinement. If co-corrections has the reputation of being lenient, this can be a reward for certain offenders in unisex prisons. The most important need is for longitudinal studies of the co-correctional experience. Such studies should be conducted, reported, discussed, analyzed, and possibly implemented. 13 references