DATA ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO BROAD CATEGORIES: (1) THE CORRECTIONS ENVIRONMENT, INMATE STATISTICS, AND TYPES OF SENTENCES PASSED; AND (2) CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT. STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED ON THE PENAL POPULATION (PERSONS DETAINED, SENTENCED, INDICTED, TAKEN INTO OR RELEASED FROM IMPRISONMENT) ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SENTENCE, BY GENDER AND AGE, WHETHER IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OR IN SEMI-FREE QUARTERS, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF CRIME, NUMBER OF ESCAPES AND ESCAPE ATTEMPTS, ACTS OF AGGRESSION, OR OTHER FACTORS IN FRANCE AND, IN SOME CASES, FOR OVERSEAS PROTECTORATES (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, CAYENNE). INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON TYPES OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES USED BY THE PENAL SYSTEM DURING THE YEAR AND WAYS IN WHICH PRISONER NEEDS ARE MET (EMOTIONAL, MEDICAL, PERSONAL HYGIENE, SANITATION, EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, OR SOCIOLOGICAL). SOME LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REFORMS ARE LISTED. STATISTICS ON CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT HELD BY DIFFERENT INMATES ARE DETAILED. INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO RECEIVED PAROLE OR PROBATION, INCLUDING THOSE FOR WHOM SENTENCES WERE REDUCED OR SUSPENDED, IS REPORTED. DATA REGARDING CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT POINT OUT CHANGES IN NUMBERS OF PERSONNEL USED FOR VARIOUS JOBS AND IN PROCEDURES FOR INSERVICE STAFF TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. PENITENTIARY MAINTENANCE (CONSTRUCTION WORK, PURCHASE OF MATERIALS) IS COVERED, ALONG WITH BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. EXTENSIVE GRAPHS, TABLES, AND STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED. --IN FRENCH. (MHP)