OKLAHOMA INCARCERATES MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OF ITS NEIGHBORING STATES EXCEPT FOR TEXAS, YET IT STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME RATES. THE PANELISTS, WHO INCLUDE THE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, AND A WRITER, DISCUSS SUCH TOPICS AS THE SUCCESS OF LARGE PENAL INSTITUTIONS, RECIDIVISM RATES, AND REHABILITATION. PRISON OFFICIALS GENERALLY CONCEDE THAT SMALLER INSTITUTIONS HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN LARGE ONES IN REHABILITATION. THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT PRISONS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL....BS