This subject raises serious legal and ethical problems. It has been of great concern to this subcommittee for quite some time. In October of last year, we visited the START behavior modification program at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo. Our report on that inspection was delayed due to other business which came before the committee. Nonetheless, that report is now at the printers and will be available later this week. We are mindful of the recent decision of the Bureau of Prisons to discontinue the START program, but we will issue our report in any event because our conclusions may be helpful in the event other programs similar to START are planned in the future. 

It is clear to even the most casual observer that there are many unanswered questions regarding the extent to which behavior modification is still being conducted and planned in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. There may even be more questions in the minds of many respecting the Bureau’s plans for the Federal Center for Correctional Research, now under construction in Butner, N.C. 

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SuDoc Class Number Y 4.J 89/1:93-26 ILS System ID 000704240 Congress 93rd Congress Chamber House of Representatives Hearing Sub Type Oversight Held Date February 27, 1974 Committee and Subcommittee Committee on the Judiciary