GUIDES FOR BETTER LIVING, A GENERAL RESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, ATTEMPTS TO HELP REGULAR POPULATION CLIENTS TO MODIFY THEIR CIVILIAN BEHAVIORS SO THAT RESIDENTS ARE LESS ARRESTABLE AS CITIZENS. PERSONAL MOTIVATION AND ADJUSTMENT, A STANDARD GROUP THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM, ATTEMPTS TO HELP REGULAR PPOPULATION CLIENTS RESOLVE THEIR CHRONIC PERSONALITY AND ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS AS CITIZENS. OVER 600 RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT IN THESE PROGRAMS, WHICH WERE EVALUATED FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF PAROLE OUTCOME UNTIL FINAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE RELEASE AND INSTITUTIONAL STATUS INVOLVING RELEASE ON PAROLE OR RETENTION AND TRANSFER TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION AS A DISCIPLINARY OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM. WHILE GUIDES AND PERSONAL MOTIVATION CLIENTS SEEM TO HAVE MORE FREQUENT INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS, BOTH GROUPS DO BETTER ON PAROLE THAT THE TYPICAL RELEASEE FROM PRISON. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THESE TWO PROGRAMS EMPLOY DIFFERENT TREATMENT PROCEDURES WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF CLIENTS, THEIR PAROLE OUTCOMES MAY NOT TURN OUT TO BE AS SIMILAR AS THEY ARE REPORTED IN THIS EVALUATION. A TABLE AND ONE REFERENCE ARE INCLUDED.