These are the files of the Prison Study Committee, consisting of: (1) photographs,(2) newspaper clippings, (3) working papers, (4) reports, and (5) the final report of their findings. The material focuses on prisoner rehabilitation and the State penal reform dispute. The files include such items as: (1) correspondence between the State's leading penologists, (2) a resolution adopted by the citizens of Elbert County to discontinue use of prison labor in their county, (3) a drawing of the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, (4) results of various penal rehabilitation programs, and (5) news clippings and releases criticizing the State's penal system and Ragen Report.