THE STUDY SUGGESTS A SYSTEM WHICH WOULD, BY ALLOWING CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR JOB AND BY PROVIDING WORKERS WITH ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES SO THAT THEY WILL BETTER PERFORM THEIR TASKS, ACCOMPLISH A MORE EFFICIENT CORRECTIONS OPERATION AT WALLA WALLA. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR BETTER REVIEW BY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE LEGISLATURE. THIS STUDY ARGUES THAT THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SHOULD PROVIDE WORKERS WITH THE CHANCE TO WORK AND SUCCEED. MONETARY INCENTIVES, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE INDIRECTLY IN INSTITUTIONAL DECISIONMAKING THROUGH UNIONS AND DIRECTLY IN THOSE OPERATIONS SHOULD ALL BE PROVIDED. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THIS STUDY WOULD PROVIDE ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE ADDITIONAL DISCRETION OVER A WIDE RANGE OF MANPOWER DECISIONS SO THAT SUCH DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE MORE EFFECTIVELY. THE DECISIONS WOULD BE BASED, IN LARGE PART, ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH WORKERS HAD AVAILED THEMSELVES OF INSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTRIBUTED TO ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS. THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE INCORPORATION OF A MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES AND GOAL SETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS SYSTEM INTO THE WALLA WALLA STATE PENITENTIARY WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY MAKE FOR MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WORK BY ADMINISTRATORS AND WORKERS, BUT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A CONTINUING INSTITUTIONAL BAROMETER FOR THE LEGISLATURE SO THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS COULD BETTER ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH STATE GOALS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).