CURRENT AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT 36 PERCENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS INCARCERATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARE HELD IN LOCAL JAILS. TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT INMATES, THESE JAILS SHOULD HAVE PROGRAMS OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH AND CONTINUITY. ALTHOUGH NOT ALL COMMUNITIES VIEW THE JAIL AS A PLACE FOR TREATMENT, SEVERAL INNOVATIVE PROGRAM DESIGNS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED THAT SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CONFINEMENT AND FREEDOM. THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN COMPILED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED AND ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIELD. CITATIONS ARE ARRANGED BY TOPIC AND COVER PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS FOR EFFECTIVE JAIL OPERATIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS WITH MULTITREATMENT ELEMENTS, ACCOUNTS OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS, ANALYSES OF THE NEED FOR HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROGRAMS, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR NUTRITION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND MEDICAL CARE, DESCRIPTIONS OF ACADEMIC, VOCATIONAL SKILL, WORK RELEASE, AND JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAMS, STATE-OF-THE-ART DOCUMENTS REGARDING AMERICAN JAIL SYSTEMS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. ALL DOCUMENTS CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM THE NCJRS DATA BASE. EACH CITATION INCLUDES AN ABSTRACT; INFORMATION IS INCLUDED ON OBTAINING THESE DOCUMENTS, AND AN AUTHOR INDEX IS APPENDED.