REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN PRISON CONGRESS.

The Seventy-ninth Annual Congress of Corrections, sponsored by the American Prison Association, was held at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from September 25-30, 1949. The Congress included meetings of the American Prison Association, the National Probation and Parole Association, the National Jail Association, the National Chaplains' Association, the National Conference of Juvenile Agencies, the Correctional Education Association, the Correctional Service Associates, the Medical Correctional Association, the Wardens' Association, the National Prisoners' Aid Association, the Penal Industries Association, and the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers. There were also meetings sponsored by the Committee on Classification and Case Work, the Committee on Professional Standards and Training, the Committee on Women's Institutions, the Committee on Institution Libraries, and the Committee on Crime Prevention. A goodly number of academic sociologists who are members of the American Sociological Society were present.