The department shall have the power, and its duty shall be, from time to time, to recommend and bring to the attention of the officers or other persons having the management of the State and supervised institutions such standards and methods as may be helpful in the government and administration of such institutions and for the betterment of the inmates therein, whereupon it shall be the duty of such officers or other persons to adopt and put into practice such standards and methods.
62 P.S. § 916