Figure 1.1. The above graph depicts a typical Computer Assisted Program from inception up to the ninth month of operation. As shown above, these programs can be brought to full operational capacity very quickly. The efficiency of Computer Assisted Programs is also clearly pictured. Looking above at the statistics for2/96 it can be seen that the particular program lab depicted kept 150 different inmates out of trouble and occupied in positive programming for a total of 1240 waking hours. At the same time, the estimated number of staff hours required to maintain the system valid during the same period was only about 20 hours. In return, the amount of inmate time occupied by the program was approximately 1240 hours giving a ratio of staff time expended for each inmate involved in the program of 20/1240. Reduced to the lowest common denominator, one hour of staff time was expended for every 310 hours of time inmates spent programming. Compare this to individual counseling with a staff/inmate time ratio of 1/1 or a single therapy group with a staff/inmate time ratio of 1/12. Unlike groups and individual therapies, the results obtained with Computer Assisted Programs are fully and validly measurable. The number of inmate tests validly passed for 1/96 was was 360. When these systems are securely and validly operated, within their operational parameters, prisoners cannot cheat and must know the study material or programmed information. As such, the typical test failure rate for inmates participating in Computer Assisted Programs is often many times higher than for the same number of inmates moving through paper and pencil tested prison programs. As can be seen above for 1/96 time period, for the 155 inmates involved, 100 computer-administered tests were failed while 360 were validly passed. Each test ranged over a study booklet which on the average contained 20 to 25 pages of text written at about a 7^th grade educational level. The different programs covered topics such as Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Parenting, Aids, and Co-Dependency. In order to successfully pass through these programs, inmates had no choice but to know the programmed contents. They could not cheat, sleep through, buy, manipulate or intimidate their way through a securely run Computer Assisted Programs lab.