In July 1969, the Supreme Soviet passed major legislation to codify and update criminal codes and criminal procedures: the Fundamentals of Corrective Labor Legislation, the Statute on Remand in Custody, and the Law on Introducing Addenda and Amendments to the Fundamentals of Criminal Legislation. A brief history of criminal justice legislation prior to 1969 focuses on relationships between the central government and the 15 sovereign Union Republics in matters of law. An examination of the Fundamentals of Corrective Labor Legislation covers the penalties of imprisonment, exile, restricted residence, and corrective labor without imprisonment. Specific areas addressed include suspended sentences, criteria for selecting the place of imprisonment, political and educational rehabilitation programs, the legal status of convicted persons, public and prosecutorial controls over corrective labor institutions, inmate classification, prison rules, programs for juvenile offenders, prison conditions, and supervision of ex-offenders. The book then analyzes the Statute on Remand in Custody which defines the requirements and procedures for remanding suspects, accused persons, and defendants in detention facilities. Amendments to the Fundamentals of Corrective Labor Legislation are discussed, with attention to provisions targeted to recidivists and revised rules governing conditional release from a correctional program before the term has expired.