IT IS INTENDED FOR USE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHERS IN NEED OF A REFERENCE TO THE POLICY ISSUES SURROUNDING INSTITUTIONAL-BASED PROGRAMS AND PAROLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO COST AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS. INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS ARE THREE TYPES OF COSTS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, MOST OF WHICH WILL APPEAR IN THE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR'S BUDGET; EXTERNAL COSTS BORNE BY NON-CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS; AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN ONE ACTIVITY IS UNDERTAKEN, ANOTHER IS FOREGONE. FOLLOWING SEPARATE SUMMARIES OF COST ANALYSIS OF STANDARDS RELATED TO OFFENDER MANAGEMENT, NEW AND EXPANDED PROGRAMS, AND OFFENDER RIGHTS, THIS VOLUME PRESENTS A SET OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES FOR ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL-BASED PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE ALL THREE COMPONENTS. THESE ESTIMATES HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COSTS OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED PROGRAMS WHICH WOULD MEET SELECTED STANDARDS IN THE CORRECTIONS REPORT. (FOR VOLUME TWO, SEE NCJ-35434). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)