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Remit at times to
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Individuals whe are serving time must
concerning anything good e? whether er :Ven
their welfareo This means it is veeV flif
see any hope concerning your situati on and
interest in the future0

We believe this time of year» with e focus on the Star,
should be a time when some hope ean be revived and an increased
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Jo We Wi e»
Warden

December, 1970

 

 b A CHRISTMAS 11133111

(2)6? are the first to recoehi1e crat it isnit especially easy for

a man confined to fully enjo y til; 1:11oay Season that is upon use
Nor to have a Merry Christmas in the nor rmal sense of the two words,
Merry Christmaso /‘

We believe that you have no ices beyond this present time° For
this is the season not only of Goodwill but also a time of “r 1rust,
Hope, and Expectation° Project Vi‘rself ahead to that time when
you will be Freeo Free to enfio3 the bountfi fol surro1n11"gs of
family and friends in a tome=comman ty s tc11 1:? ;-nc- t erevv
one here will some day be able <1 once again enioy 3“1*stmas at

home. This Christmas may gziot b e::, as Merry as you ww110 like itfiggxfi§\
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to be but take comfort in the joy ar nd goodwv 1 enjoyed by your
family and loved oneso Enjoy 1*r yearseii *“
memories? eye of Christmases cast and the

to comeo

1 reflection in
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1 “Willie H HLasley
k 1 Associate warden
oastooy Treatment

Associate 'Warden 1

Administration

FROM THE FOLKS AT THE CASTLE

"Weire a little lategfolks 3” Various and sundry problems here
have combined to make this issue9 the last of 19703 later than usuaio
Accept it now with our wishes for a Merry Christmas9 a Happy New Year
and our promise to offer you a better and brighter CASTLE in 1971.

The Meaning Of Christmas
by Evelyn Ro Liddel

Christmas, like the Bible
Means varied things to man

To some a reawakening
Of Godis momentous plano

To some a ray of gladnessg

A special time and place

To give a gift? to greet a friend9
Or wear a smiling faces

But some there are? who seem to me,
Forever set apart

Who through the years serene1y walk
With Christmas 1n their heart.

Novemberanecember GASTLE 1970

 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Honorable Louie Bo Nunn
Governor

Honorable Wendell Ford
Lieutenant Governor

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Johno Cg Taylor
Jo Eo Baker

Arthur Mo Reynolds
Weldon Weloh

Jo Parker Hurley
William Lyon
Robert Perry

Commissioner
Deputy Commiosioner

Direotor of Education
Diraeeor of Farm Management
Direct 3 of Probation & Parole
Direooor of Snaff Servioee
Superintendent of lndnatriee

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KENTUCKY STATE PENlTENTlARY

J’o ‘w'o wax. Q .,
John Wo rennon
WoGo Herndon
William H° Lesley
William Mo Egbert
Robert J° Grubbs
Donald Cole

' Max C9 Salbg MD

R0 Pg'Parker

Ho Ho Patterson
Father Thomas Clark
Revo Houston Inman

Warden

Assooo Wardenmndminiatnaiion
Aeeooo Wardenofinetody

Asaooo WardencTreatmenn
Superviaor of Edneaijon
Snpervison of Industries
Chief Counseloreriing
Medioal DireoEor
CaptainaCorreotional Offioere
Training Offioerwlenaonnel
Catholic Chaplain

Protestant Chaplain

  

KENTUCKY STATE PAROLE BOARD

Glenn Wade = Chairman

Mrso Lucille Robuok
Sewell Co Harlin

Glynn Vo MoMinoway
David Lo Davis

CASTLE STAFF

Ho Ro DunbarmEditor

Charles DuRainaArt Director
Bill Comeenal Press Ex. Editor
Johnny MoWhinneyaSports Editor

OCASTLE is a periodic publication 0
Eddyville, Kentuokv. E Vocational

Coy Rushing, JromNewa Editor
Ted LewismSenior Illustranor
Billy SteelemSilkmSoreen

Arnold TaylormSports Eeafinrea

f the Kentneky State Penitentiary»
Training Center project» in la

“Supervised by Mr. J.ER. Hubbard, Vocational Instructoro

OUR TENTH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION

 vommg X ”113”” E NUMBER 1111

CASTLE - A periodic publicatien by the reeidentt er Kenttetv State
Penitentiary, Eddyvilleg Kentuckya The primary ptrpeee th thie
magazine is the creative expreeeien ef the reg idehte here in the
hope that it will bring about a be tte: urderetard mg between oure
selves and society. The views and eemmente expyr eased herein are not
necessarily those of the Adm1n1etrat Eerm1r e1on te re riht 111
original materials is granted proW 1e1 the eeuree it eetnew1edged
We will print and welcome all pert1regt retutte1 te art1e1ee 1h out
magazine. CASTLE is a member of the internatienel Institutional
Press Association.

CONTENTSe
FrOm The Editor w 1 1 m 1 1 Page 2
00y Speaks Out 1 1 1 1 e 1 Eege 3
Eye For A Eye» 1 m w 1 1 a utege=1
Ham Curingm 1 w m 1 w 1 stage 5
Castle Conteete 1 c 1 m wtege t
KSP News» 1 w 1 e 1 1 e great 7
Penal Press” 1 1 1 1 1 Page 8
Sports~ 1 m 1 1 1 m 1 etage 9
Cartoonm m 1 = 1 1 1 m Page 9

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Poetrya 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m e «E
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Puzz1ew 1 w 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 etage

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deeidea

In the strife of Truth w1dh Fa1eehoet$ for the goed
or ev1l side;

Some great causeg God“e New Meeeiehg effe rin ng eaeh
the bloom or b11ght9

Part es the goats upon the 1eft hand end the Sheep epon

the rightg

And the choice goes by forever “twixt that darkness

and that lights

Pram THE PRESENT CRISIS
by James Rtese11 Lewe11

CASTLEwOur Tenth Year ef Ge1t1n tote Ptt11eaat1en

CASTLE ' NGVEMBERaBEGEMBER GASTLE

 from the editor
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REPRESENTATIVE VISITS— “‘Elllr' .

One of they early October ‘visitor s here was the Honorable
James I. Osborne, State Representative for Mercer and Jas hington
Counties (h9th District). Representative Osborne on the Banking
and Insurance Committee and Health and Welfare Committee came to
see the workings of KSP. In a letter to Warden Wingo, he said,
”I was well pleased with what I saw." Mr. Osborne was instruu
mental in steering the pending bon6 issue through the State Houseo

Another October visitor was Mro Bil.ly R Howar6, former Dire
actor of Education, Department of Corrections an6 now Exeeutive Dirm
actor, State Advisory Council for ”vocational Education. He stated
that he keeps well abrest of the "KeneBarred inn" via CASTLEO

 

 
 

OUR MAILBAG-

Mrs. A. B. Harralson of Orlan6o, Florita writes, "Early last
year there appeared a poem in Castle with initials MOO H meaning
Make Others Happy. My Circle adopte6 the MOODHO as a motte for our
Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service and took as our
Project of Service a large nursing home an6 gave little programs
and did little things for theme" She went on to write, ”I Qoften
use your little Bits of Wisdom shert items in our San6av $hool
Class which we call 'Sermonettesl so you see I do enjoy and use
your Publication."

Mrs. Bernice Ellery of Chicago, llinois wrote to chi
she had not received her issue of CAQTLBO Late i
favorite barber here, Carl Hardin,t the she had r
that we had stapled it wrong We hope that e
these past mistakes and will enjoy this is e

Two Louisville friends, Mro an6 Mrs ROMOCO continue to give
their active support to the Resi6sn: Library here. The month of
October saw another box of the latest in fiction ar rived Since
last December, I don't think that a month has gone by that these
kind people have not failed to see that a good supply of read»
ing material has been sent hereo Above and beyon6 that these
two community active people have been most generous i other
'areas of support of CASTLEo Of such friends, hasefieldqs most
apt quote, "friends who make salt sweet and blackness light" is
most appropiate. «

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The big story of next month is new in the worksg the Lions
Club-WPSD-TV Crippled Childrenls Telethon. Set for November ihth,
Perry Joseph has all ready been eyeing the more prosperous for
the big fund drive to be conducted here In terms of money not
much is given here but in terms of giving from the heart it amounts
to heaps. _3@ .1,

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CASTLE OCTOBER 1 xiv an 9 6 PAGE 2

 GQY’SPEAKS 0t?
soy rushing

The Bond Issue was not approved by the peeple of Kentucky
on November 3, l9700 If aooepted numerous peopleg including
persons under wraps in the Kentuoky Correctional Institutions
would have been helpede

While reading the broonure so willingly handed out here
I took note that the portion referring to first offenders and
so called hardened criminals leaves much to be desired»

In my opinion it lee as room for the publio to assume
that anyone who has been committed more than ones is a harden:
ed criminal, or that anyone who wouldnlt be transferred to the
new facility ( Assuming the bond issue passed), are beyond any
help, are not oapable of learning a skill and so ono

The truth is that most of the inmates here are oapable of
preforming a similar task better than young peopleo They are
good natured; easy going people with hopes and dreams they
long to persue just the same as the “Great Society" Lyndon B.
Johnson attempted to createo

Given a fair ohanoe these men would be productive citizens
and, some, I dare say,9 would put the people who make up the.
“Great Society“ to shameo Perhaps they wouldn‘t be computer
programmerss project engineers or hold any number of other jobs
requiring a degree or two or three years of college studies in
that parioular field9 howeverg they wouldnlt be on the so gene
erously doled out welfare payrollso They would be TAX PAYERS,
with jobsg paying their ways

Everyone is on a big kioh to ”Save the youthful offendero“
I've heard the same oratory and read bruohures and other
oomplioated literature relative to it for thirteen years and
it is still the sameo

The youthful offender oommands more attentiong there is
no denying that; because they cause more confusing. He is also
the major cause for the rapid inereaee in felony oases througha
out the nationo

When next a bond issue of this hind is oontemplated it
would be well to Keep in mind also that first offenders or the
youthful offenders aren‘t the only ones in prison who are human
beingso

I think one mistake that has been made by hundredsg perhaps
even thousands is when they see a young man in prison they say,
“Gee, he looks very youngg how awful that he should be hereo“
and upon seeing an older mam,9 “He looks meang 19d sure hate to
meet him on the street,” _ ,

Society has forgotten that those young innocent offenders
usually commit as Bad if not worse crimes than the older prison-
ers. They seem to have forgotten also that inmates, no matter
what their age or number of oonvietions are people with problems
much the same as society in general? they only handled them '
wornga

You, Mro Businessman, or lea? Mro Folitioian had your deal
go sour or had your problem suddenly taken a turn for the worse.A
You could be here instead of old number QOQQl or 27llB. ‘

CASTLE retailers DECEMBER ' PAGE 3

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"11 01' an 8Y8

Four residents of the Inela 91? e riiaon reveal to e
conditions under which theya 1 ex 11 11 a new book entitl
Eye for an Eye.’ It was; publi11ec 1111 5, §§?O, by Holt P
and Winston, Inc;

The authors, currently ae“2iw~
burglary to forgery, from a1 w

  
 
   

in charges ranging firm
,1 apping, are Ho Jack
~;:1he1mer, Art Fewers,

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Griswold, editor 16
and Ed Tromanhauae11

In "An EYe far is 5¢~’9 .11; ’*T* g;, firmerm of Indiana“e f1
inal statutes which ’ . 1:LK “4 ““«-v .111 patchwork applicamena
corrections and amehdr 21.1”

In Indiana, fer :1422::, :v‘wiig' :1-111ratorst o a burgh

   

 

ceive a longer term ‘atcr of the crime
armed robbery is ph~ 1

 

; ,1 :,--: 1.. gift ten years
Furthermore, 1H1 1;;,:_ .1‘~ _ : +1 'ciana law prearrgbee a
set law for each trues, r261141¢21 w“ , 11enuating eirwumsianwes,
or even the man's ,.;i re; :' ’ zhder we eives the s1me
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In the case of an iac*::on book titled ”An Eye For An Eye" m and they canit tell anyone
a .urd about it.

They're forbidden.

They are accused, you see9 of ”smugg1ing" their manuscript out
at 11a prison, In retaliation? Indiana C: mmissioner of Corrections
r i in to allow TV and newsman to int view them.

As H. Jack Griswold told me in a lo tar last month. “this. of
rein 0. has had an adverse effect on sales "

That's putting it mildly. Even iaqt ueline Susann would havetaou
nhie :1naking the best seller list without publicity on television.

Yet Author Griswold says ”An Eye for an Eye" is ”moving very‘
well indeed. It has sold out and is going into another printing.Fat
is, a number of sociology, psychology and criminology professorsham
wri ten to say 'Eye For An Eye? will be required reading for their
st tots."

Wn Eye For An Eye" is published by Holt. Rinehart and Winston."
ine.. New York, New York. It sells fer $6.95.

1110111

K. S. P. BEGINS OWN HAM Chdlfid QPERATION

Sometime ago Commissioner Taylor 1a;\>eei that the institution
1 1% into a quickucure process of h- as to see if it werepmsw
e to begin such an- operation her . The Farm Manager and Mr.
r W. Drennon, Associate Warden fer ”“minwstration visited “the
.1,w to the smokehouse. Here a gas. temperature controlled, oven
”a; been installed. Chips of hickory and sassafras are reduced to
dust and fired. Smoking at 170 degrees the hams are allowed to
c:re and cook for two days. At this point the hams are fully coded‘
air ready to serve. Mr. Drennon stated that from tests. made this
pIW '11t is equal or better than many ccmmercial hams that he has
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CAPTZE OCTOBERANCVEMBER 1970 PAGE 5

 

 BIG LOCAL PRESS chTEST
HERETS YOUR CHANCE Tc WIN A PRIZE 2

This year CASTLE is holding itsW Th1T6 Annual Penal Press Can
test. One Dollar and fifty cents ($70 0 Canteen €13-et will be aw
war6e6 to the first place winners in each of the1"x « ifferent 61Ve
isions.2 The contest will close on Taes6ay3 December 7 5th1 You may
write an6 enter any or all of the six categeT1 s 11ste6 belew:

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1. Sports Story to Fictiona1TStorT
2. Feature Story 50 Guest E61toral -
3. Column 60 Carteon er cartoon series
Contest rules are as follows:
(A) This contest is open to all residents except paid employees of
'the Castle-News Office and Sign Shopo TB) Yen may enter cne er all
~roups, writing printing, or typing your stcry an art1cle1 Tau must
\ouble- ~space between each lineo (C) All material must be snbmitte6
n an envelope with your name9 number an6 apartment Tamper; bcth on
6 outside of the envelope an6 on tne i1rst page of eaeh entTyo
*) Submit all entries to the Castle News Offie wneTe a 'box has
Llwn provided to place these entries1 Ce_1test uses at ncen 3n Dec
~'oer 15th. (E) No entry shoul6 exce e6 more t1 three “r +hree an6

ialf pages double— space6 type6 copyo

» The winning articles will be ann01n1em
CSTLE. The ju6ging will be 6one W an i p
Jian staff here. Winners in the contest wii?
1.50 canteen tickets by War6en ‘Ningc pricT
EY lay-in an extra supply of "goo6ies for

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K S P HAM QPERAT 11,2TJ gCentinae6;

imes per year. Experiments are be
ole to "quick— cure" bacon and reia

 

   

‘ The whole operation was setaup an an than
400. "Duck" Thomas of the din1ng T3em an6 cane
ributed time and effort to help get t“1s “
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Happy Thanksgiving to all 2
From all cf as at E S T1 :2 Tang
CASTLE OCTOBE VE“S a 07c ’AGE 5

 KS. P NEWS

The newest addition to the roiis

    
 
 

 

of 3 here
is Mn George parker, Jro of Hopkins tsllé Parker
is a twenty year career army man who re, *ervice
Officer Parker is a recipient of the Vietna
Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star, The ith ”V
Device, The Purple Heart, two Overseas Ce 1 Service
Medal with Five Campaign Stars and the Vietnam ale He
has also been awarded the Good Conduct Medal thr 8 air
Medal with a second Oak Leaf Cluster The Comte s Badge
the National Defense Service Medal with Oakleaf Master
Parachutist Badge and Expert infraacrvnrn Sadgeo
While in Vietnam, he served as a 1reeeant Fire: Class Witfl the
Second 501 Infantry of the i0? Airborne Elaisian whose home base is
Fort Campbell, Kentucky He has made €35 qualified para:na1e jumps

and has been a light weapons instrusiirQ
Officer Parker applied for hi.3 jar
rections prior to obtaining hi service
was his interest in working with men and
prompted him to join the KS? 1orce1

 

LIBRARY GETS
Continuing helpior the iaqa*1
grant of $4, 020 under th.e Ti
Mr. William Egbert, Supervisor“
latest of several grants that
additional new books. Mro
vices and Construction lot,
Mr. Egbert in Frankfort re
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The Universit 3 of Hawaii
Center has announcec that ti
William Egbert to be one o

inars to be held this coming
Basic Education in Correction
Egbert will attend will be he
February 2Ath through March 5
Mr. Egbert pointed out
that in the state of Kentu
been awarded this past year, 1 1
been one of the most successful programs *

According to a
Warden for mreetmez.
week. This inc lude
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Just got the Old Editor up off a pile of Penal publications
. that he has been hoarding since the year one it lookso Didnit
know that one desk drawer could hold so mucho Here goes with the
frog's 'pinion of the cooped up courierso

  

The Dopester-July,1970~Floridaz Hey» that was one spicy saluteto
the Penal Press that you whomped up in your gemmdandy issueo We
agree with youooo"The prison press has the potential power to con«
Vince the general public that prisoners are PECPLEO"

The Messenger-Fall IssueaSouth Dakota: Bill Strands has an editorm
ial that needs reprintingo He can really spin the story of the
need to'do some looking into concrete rehabilitation programso
Too, the humor of Ao Ko Nelsonis "Itis a Gasser" had us yukingo

The Spectator-Jackson, Michigan: Thereis no doubt about it you are
the nation's leading prison weekly and your 40th Anniversary issue
went a long way to prove it all over againo Reckon we read every
‘ page of this issue. A couple of your alumni are here and they ale
ways yell to see the current copy of the Spectatoro

'The Enchanted News — New Mexico=3rd Quarter issue: At the price of
being trite all we can say of this issue is? "Enchantedo”

Hill Top News-Michigan: We've been missing seeing your paper for
some time. Your story on Will Roddy making it after 20 years sure
was well written. All us hairwless ones sympathize with you on the
order about hairpieces and toupees being on the banned listo A few
Taylor Toppers would help this place out on a sunny dayo

Inside View-Allegheny County Workhousey Penna: KOBO Julian for a
Jail House you sure do put out one might fine papero It is one of
the best mimeographed papers in the lando Contents cover a lot of
timely—topics.

The ConquerorwJessup, Mdoz Wesleyis winning writings makes this
paper one wrought with words9 wit and wisdomo

The Pillar-Minnesota: Marty Larsen9 I pure shivered and shook when
I saw the picture of your joint in the State Fair Issuea19700 Know
why? 'Causeit looks just like the front of ouro '

Interpreter, Canon City? Colorado: George Shotwelly who is doing an
~‘inuterm with us_ makes your place sound like the land of milk and
honey. Your excellent magazine sure does nothing to change our
.minds, either.

The Shaftsbury Trails Sideliner9 Box 8003 Peace River» Alberta,
Canada: How about all the Penal Press that doesnit now exchange
with this fine Canadian Publication putting them on the Exo list?
R. L. Carnochan, the Editor, does a fine job and the publication
is well worth readingo Continued next pageo

CASTLE ~ OCTOBERe'NOVEMBER 1970 PAGE 8

 PENAL PRESS CONTINUED

The Clarion, Cal1fornia; Mary Vang1, Namey Ber- a 11 1
do- oh print the leading lae1es pub111ea110n s1s1ewef
see more from youo

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Finally, The Forum, Lineo1n, Neb11as ra: Th1r1 years 111 is!
the Forum but you couldnfit 1e11 11 101 1he F1 1s s1111 as fresh
and newsy as a penal pub can geto 11 has 11:1 111 is making a

proud record°

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Our second half of the 1ntram1ra1 league seftba11 seaeea has
been completed. The final s1en1‘1vs are as [11 1‘s: 1 ”Fas1”
McMurray's team played seme h$a\©1ug bai1 anfi 111i 11 1111 p1a1e
My team, McWhinnest Mites, a11er w1nn1ng the first '11 of plav
came in second and just halfmaega1e behinfi €11 1h111 was Biliy
Steele’s team, Fourth‘ place wen1 11 ‘11s feam ano eeming
on strong, next to the Cellar, was E111e11 111111 teamo J1mmy Rake
and his group had to settle for the 1e11a

We had an All Star team that p1aye1 1" if 1:e seem
0nd half. It was a.best of Ehree 111 of . 1.m1y MeMur:
ray's team was defeated by the 111w81ars, 1; 1 are The
All—Stars were managed by HanK H11 anfi 1

Briefly, to bring you up to sate W11 '3111105, we

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 W O R M V S E Y E V l E W O F B l R D
From: OutletS Ho Mo So Prison
By Wormo

England, embracing Wales,has copied the Enited States in manythnms
not least its approach to penalties of an overmrealistic nature where crime
is concerned While there are disparties both in law and sentencing in the
U. S. A. ther.e is a general leaning towards an atti 1tude of severitywhichgwhen
objectivity assessed borders on sadistic barbarismo The concessions totmeir
human charges by U08: penal personnel show they are not unaware of theinh1~
manity which goes under the guise of WreformY and while some of hiecofiwnle
have a little influence it is negligible in the face of the ig: 1ng power,
of the politicianso I

we have here in Britian (including Scotland} a pays rel :::eo in n
higher echelons of the Home Office there are Civil Serrar;i who a s as is
removed from the matters they deal with concerning oriscis as tiey are wit
affair.s of Red Chinao From time to time V l P s cec dc to visit some goa
in this country° One is chosenq usually one where there will he no trouble
by an inmate bearing a grudgeo The V 1 Po goes arc ound the selected prison
with his retinue and comments on the bright colours of the paint so ewhereo
Perhaps he visits the laundryo Avuncularyg he beams at the governor and
remarks that the prisoners seem happy enougho He is shown the 1;;11e but
very rarely offered a portion to taste of the forthcoming mealo Phe arm-all“?e
reckoned good enough to establish the potential s111t ao:il ity azid eM til Q
Satisfied that malnutrition is being kept t bay» he departs for? say? t
library.

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Exclamations of surprise at the colourful array of hoohso Blankemes
rat the inmat-e personnel and a word to the officer in charge Duty is T
Whatever his opinion about the stink which hangs forever in pr: so ngthe look
of utter despair, of hopelessness2 of loneliness on the faces of som -21
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prisoners, it is kept within» obviously never pondered upon? and soon fore
gotteno The Gestapo and SOSo had much the same attitude towaM s the Jews
in Belsen and Dachauo An expendable minority A nuisance which mt italicvdemmrs
be treated with humanity: but does not enlar rge as to what degree of humane:

ness. The effluvia of prison clings in his host :rils when he leaves and he
cannot change his clothes and take a shower quicl sly enougho Thectj “
been reached; is noted down officiallyo Yes in oty has been don neg
need ask who to and what foro

America has instituted many innovations law wise. ’lways they have
interpreted their legislature from the Charter of Human Rights azidimammenti
That others have twisted the meanings is inricative of perspective emerihan
the straightulaced opinion of puritan minded folkoThis has had reprecussflms
which has benefitted both criminal and law bodieso The law affects emryhody
and in this concernment the law makers had to keep an eye upon the public
reaction and being politicians(of a breed different to Brit ianis} they were
rand are, careful not to bring public umhrage iirectea rowarac thaws lveso
In spite of this holiermthanu thou attitudes are refl ecoec in the :1 agery
of their penal retributiono No holy war was ever waged with such die egard

td‘the 'infidell as that by the jurists of the U080 and Canadag And we here
in Britain are seeing the same barbarity enacted in emulation by our own
judiciary°

But America has always produced meng from e1 ery strata of society9
who were willing to learn what was on the other s1 do of the wells ancrtunw
ately, most had no option but there were some who decided that passing a
sentence by itself was not enough nor was the secondmha no hiow

N.ledge ofpssmi
and conditions therein9 garnered from newspapers or ofi‘ 1111 “ reports bare of
descriptive actuality which left too much to the imaginationo The following
is taken from the Penal Press Paper iThe Inside View” Blawnoxg Pen nnsylvaniao
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"...to verify the convictls contention9 three 3 ages volunteered to
be admitted as prisoners for a day at the nearby Maryland House chcnmmtiono
As extra guards stood by unobtrusively they were brought threigh t“: gates
in handcuffs, stripped, showered and supplied with prison garbo Then they
were clapped in small cells in the cacaphonous main relltlocko Prison offim
cials laid on the full treatmentooono glossing overOU l ‘ "i “
white haired judge to be suffering from isuieidal tea 5
to an isolation cello There he was stripped of his b,
pen, and was made to eat his dinner of ham and black eve“

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'Another judge failed to notice that officials had plan . noifein
his bed, much as a vindictive inmate might to retaliate aga1ee“ a iellow
prisoner. When it was detected.9 the judge was hauled beftr~ disciplinary
officers who were aware of his identity but coolly carrie? as tseal ”now
can I defend myself?" the judge askedo ”You can‘t?” see: *.e replpg he was

sentenced to thirty days in solitaryo

The judges were outraged? as were other conference participants who
similarly masqueraded in the Maryland Prison SYfitsmu Echoing what a lonely
band of prison reformers has argued for years9 one judge complained9”&flling
this a house of Correction is damn nonsenseo” Added anothera ”People in inm
stitutions are living in a jungleo If something is not done we are going to
be living in a jungle outside9 toog”

 

To envisage any of our august jurists emulating the above judges is
to indulge in fantasyo They are content to sit and pass sentences which are
the equal of any horror perpetrated by the people who come before themo The
lack of qualifying contact with the enviroment which is their care and chm
ampagen makes a farce of the claim by them of duty} fairnessy and comgesion
They abide by the dictum of ’Law and Order? without knowing whatconstitutes
the term for there is also the elements of knowledge of punishment which is
a basic in the laid down tenets of the termg But what can he done to ‘bring

i e system?

their attention to the inhumanity of the present; very act

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The excuse that prison is another department; thei joo is nly reinterpret
the law, is not acceptableeTo discard responsibiilt: after sentencing makes
like the manufacturer who gives no guarantee aft r sellingo There myet be
responsibility, The public stand or fall by the committments of hemwpeople
who look after the public goodo Because a person has a fall from the social
ladder is no reason for his destructiono This is what is happeningc
Apart from sadistic impulses? apart from any hinan righteou l {l

ation, judges are presumed to act fair and impartialv The public relations
experts are forever expounding on the ibest law in the 'Tdi but there is

not the same boasting about our prisons: Of course; hypocrisy can

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far. The same thing happens in Americao Who is copying who? Flairlyyaccordm
ing to current fashions? we are copying the Yanks: Not in thesmrupulousness
the Observances of rights which is common in UDSCAQ during ° ”s orageals»

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but in the Old Testament view of an eye tor an eye? onF‘ i

eyes are demanded - and takeno Reformers views are ***** in : galeoh~nrtise
is claimed by people who have no foundations to their claim of knowlicgealn
a later, more enlightened age» they will be recognised as the bewlggee impa
osters they are and their traits as encouraging the gre