On the question of the organization for corrections of political subdivisions of a very populous state, it is suggested that there be unified departments of correctional services, organized on a basis of regions made up of a single county if its population exceeds 500,000, or of combinations of contiguous counties of lesser populations. Should the state have a population of less than three or four million, the whole correctional complex might well be operated directly by the state government through its department of correctional services.