STATEMENTS WERE PRESENTED AT THE HEARING BY SENATOR MATHIAS (MARYLAND), CONGRESSMAN EVANS (DELAWARE), THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF AND STATISTICIAN FROM THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN DELAWARE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DELAWARE COUNCIL ON CRIME AND JUSTICE, A STATE PROSECUTOR FROM DELAWARE'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND THE MANAGING ATTORNEY OF THE COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC., IN WILMINGTON, DEL. THE FOCUS OF STATEMENTS CENTERED AROUND PRISON OVERCROWDING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE CAPACITY OF THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM AND STATE AND LOCAL PRISONS, PLEA BARGAINING, SENTENCING, PROBATION, PAROLE, THE CONCEPT OF EQUAL TIME FOR EQUAL CRIME, PUNISHMENT, INMATES, SPECIFIC TYPES OF CRIMES INCLUDING CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PROGRAMS, TREATMENT OF PRISONERS, COSTS OF INCARCERATION, CONSTRUCTION OF PRISONS, PRISONER RIGHTS, PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR INMATES, PRISON STANDARDS, FURLOUGH PROGRAMS, BURDEN OF PRISON OVERCROWDING ON TAXPAYERS, JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, FACILITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN, PLANNING A MULTIPURPOSE PRISON FACILITY IN THE WILMINGTON AREA, INTAKE SERVICES, AND THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY WITHOUT BARS.