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"Reed: C< Secretary uf Correftloni XfWhmt It the exact diAmoe Reed diacusaed the ment|on of the overcrowd* state's prison system In an [ng? Interview with the Chrt.nl- A. We are pushing , de new. .Uff on Septem- M times we have her 14. Following are ex- ovef 14 qoq Th^e ceipt. bom hi. remarka. shou,dn., be morc th.n 1 Q- What we tome of the ,0 ^ -n ^ system lt , problem ?? yonr depart- wQuld be less than that if , ment Ja woHdng on and we ha(J Qur druthers. , what -progreM I. being 13,937 was the figure as of , , ' | . , tt the 12th. In addition to i A- That s about as all- th w? have ov? 36 000 , inclusive quest.on as you ^ obation and over 6,ooo ; 0" a*k' beca"se that co- Qn ,e , vers the waterfront. I was cFentra, Prisoni over , aaked to come up to North here has 1517 right now , Carolina by Gov. Hunt to ^ more |?'P with the multlpfe pro- 'hV^O to o 1.000 The old Dlems ana the jnan.y_.year _ ^ Jai, _?, ""T"1, Wi ^-vn "uon5 about* what should be in -- not with any .dea that we there , don.t think , could create miracles or should be in there. reverse all these negative j. , ^ dormiissues in a short time . . .. ... ^ j tories in it;-it s crowded; aJTe' , it's deteriorated; it's an There were several pro- . r . ancient facility. blems, many_ of then, re- Qut oUr field unitSt ^ . lated to the major .ssue of ^ Uke these dofms , overcrowding and over use, Because ca?.t tect , tf you please of the State ^ inmates A don>t . Department of Corrections. have the privacy particu. It just seemed like every- ]ar(y our medium and mithing related to the fact that nimum custody prisoners. 1 we weren't able to address Bear iff tatad lhat North _ Jthe numbers of people^ Carolina has die highest But, nevertheless, we rate of commitment of any _ shared with the legisla ture state iq, th^ , Union, per our needs and they re- lOQ.OCk) pd^ulition. sponded very beautifully. 1 -Why It that? suppose they gave as much ' as any legislature has ever a- There are multiple ? given in response to a call reasons. There minimal for need. resource in the county, city For example, they ap- and private sectors for adproved 1100 new positions, dressing the problems. The I've never heard of that any tendency has been to over-^ where else. Of course, to use the state system. There bring-1100 new employes?has not been enough^ diverton the job is a massive sion of people. undertaking, in and of it- How foolish we are to aci1- assume that fining an alcoThe legislature has also holic is going to solve his provided many millions of problem? How foolish can dollars for new facilities we be? How foolish can we and maintenance. be to assume that we can POINT OF CONTACT By Naomi C. McLean Basinets Writer It is well understood back teaching tools?- and- the \ of the electric switch which varied phases of educa- , with light lies all the intri- not ends in themselves but ( cate machinery of the dimply means to an end. j modern power plant. The That end involves bringing < huge turbines, the giant t^e jnfluences Qf education cables, and the miles of tobearon youtht wire spring into life when u the classroom teach. t the switch is pressed. ef who' meets at flrst hand { We now have a picture of the primary and essential < the teacher who provides problems of education. 1 the point of contact be- Thosfe problems are human?< tween the educational problems. After all is said i machinery on one hand and and done, education has j the student body on tne but on valid purpose 1- to < other. School buildings, enable the teacher to prac- i Letter to the Chro Dear Editor: Here are some questions we demand answers to s Mr. Miller, who spoke to from the elected public x the group of Winston- servants - the Mayor, City ( Salem businessmen, states Manager, Chairman of the x that our Proposition 13 Tax County Commissioners 1 Revolt should be aimed at and Board of Alderman, the * Washington, where the High Sheriff, the Chief of 3 nraccrftAtc aro ?? A -!a.. * t utvi i aiivj iiic city ana Meanwhile, the martini county Fire Chief. 1 drinkers, pot smokers and They are furnished with ^ cocaine smiffers are spend- high powered vehicles, gas * ing our tax dollars. It is no gusslers, at the taxpayer's 1 different in North Carolina expense. If they were moni- 1 state, Forsyth County and tored with a stop watch - 1 the City of Winston-Salem, and it was made public how < where the Stop and Stabi- many hours a shift they 1 lize Tax movement is being really worked for the citiorganized headed by Dr. zens, we'd see how much of Nash, Mr. Conrad and their time was spent sitting many others. The fat must at restaurants drinking cofbe trimmed from state, fee or sitting behind a 1 county, and city budgets,? billboard or pulled off in a which directly affects all of hole where the motorists 1 us citizens. cannot see them. A directions put a person in ? j?f ?r "fT prison and cure his problem 1 la of alcoholism. How foolish 41 can we be? H/ 11 Q- A man by the name of jm Harold Ellison was on work || release and started an and- a \v|_? |J crime project for our local ' " ^ anti-poverty agency, and he got in trouble over making an unauthorized purchase and got pot on a road gang. ^ Since then, he's been paVirginia for a couple of bad J checks... ? -A-*?he wa^ " tution... * yfoiMrt&frv Y h th d is, whether its an inmate on - * work release or an employe Amos Rc on a full time job, they inmates to get involved in a don't have a license to helping program. In fact, break the law or the rules, many of the inmates are They're going to be held almost under a compulsion accountable. to do this. For various Lack of accountability is reasons, some times posione reason staff get into tive, some times not so trouble and why inmates positive. We try to encougetjxrtaIf te totafceposT*detainer from another tive actions. We're cautious state, we must honor that?when?they?get?involveddetainer. with other inmates. It is not If he made an illegal uncommon for drugs to be mirrhncp th^n Via nl ar?t*?H ? ? r ? z ?"" r-"vv? passed or ior crime issues the poison tree and the fruit to be negotiated or for the from that goes to the seed inmates and the general that he planted. public to be exploited. It's not uncommon for jo the general public, it almost sound^ike motherhood. Everything is sweet and beautiful. And some^ ? For instance, some 'W' people might want to start a 2/ SSr half-way house. And not frequently, it isn't long before many of them get involved in the drug traffic, burglary and so on. So we have to handle those things _ _ Ll very carefully. * tice the Art of Teaching But just a moments with more satisfaction to thought on your part would himself and with mort en-?tell you that I as secretary luring consequences in the and the rest of our staff . A. . have a lot to lose by tves and thought processes , . . . . / ? r anybody coming back into >f his students. this overcrowded system. We don't get our jollies; - Wise administrators are from people coming back, he first to recognize the Q" Do yon think the Joan act that all progress in case wafl handled . . .. - . correctly? Education makes itself telt Jnany through the efforts A. Absolutely. Joan room. Effective teaching is she escaped and did a the basic factor in the variety of things. Asr~a success of every educa- fneral Pr?ctice' 1 ^ ,. . . ' discuss individual cases tional institution. ... , Ahhbbbmhhhbb with anyone, including the _ news media. I've made two exceptions here, except to the extent I'm not familiar This state spends thou- M ands of our hard-earned ax dollars and the Forsyth OvP bounty School Board does J J J] r^r\C3 iie same - they have been v t| 1 lollaring higher education ' ror a number of years. If ^ uTrkv M /ou call high school graduites that cannot read or jive you back right change oaViatucd cc From a dollar higher educa- AIMU Jrlfcn rr Even though deeply in lion, I have some Other the Winston-Salem ar names for it. Take for p.r?n.nv qu.hty personal sales of on* instance, sex clubs, veneral days. diseases, pot smokers, and Along witn our salt dope pushers -1 i.ave heard continued expansion that one teacher at Mineral opportunity which a or in a sales rjfated fie Springs School was caught ...... . Johnnie will be happ peddling dope to our w,th you p.r.onally young children? Tell the city and county taxpayers if there is a city line running all the way UFE 1NSL around the Whitaker Park See Page 9 ? * ? .v. , ? Ms kin?Pr< ~ ?^ A- That has been grossly ? ? \\ overstated. In fact, I still ^get letters demanding that I let him out of Central's hospital over here. When I was getting telegrams de1 ? yy manding that we cease our 7 inhumane treatment of Ben Chavis, he was walking around with a Band-Aid cians, the same ones that I! J v% ? . ? you uvea in Kaieign, tnat* we would have had. These were fine surgeons and he got excellent treatment there. Now there were some people who tried to ride in on the wave of notoriety and wanted to do their thing. Very frankly, I don't go along with that. I'm not responsive to it and I'm not responsive to somebody7 "sending me a telegram from Denver, Colorado, demanding that we let Ben with the gentleman you just chavis out of Central Prison mentioned. Joan is a little hospital when he's already different. been out for a month and a We can't give anyone a half. license to escape from our Tim is the kind of thing I prison, to burn a house deal with. down, to cut someone in the facf%-t?roh^Qitr houaes.or4o Q: How many letters dd any ortKese other thingS ^ " which our society has said through its laws should not A^A number^Most of be done without a discipline them were form letters. It falling along with it. I don't was clear that somebody make the laws. had distributed ft lot of Just like, you are, I'm information...misinformajust a citizen. I'm not a free tion... around the country agent. I am bound bv a and they had stirred up framework of laws and people, some clcarly of procedures and directions, good conscience. If we want those laws ...The same wording... changed that permit people Very frankly, if you ever to escape without being want to do something to held responsible, or burn or influence a legislator or rob or write checks without somebody, don't send them being held responsible, I a form letter. Probably, an suppose we could get that illegible scrawl on a postdone through our legisla- card would have a hundred ture. But until that is done, tiroes the^ impact of that a we must continue to hold form letter would have, people accountable. I letters from states "?~~=z ? that have the most serious Q- Wu there any negll- kinds of problems in their gence involved when Ben prisons, problems that I Chavlt' appendU?rap- fcnow about, For them to tared? presume to direct North FACTOWUIUTIET I Sbts to fH most Domostk and Fonlpi Cars; Trucks; Lawn I Mwiorti I I AITHMATOR^T ARTIB,] I I WMTWIP " I I JARVIS BATTERY CO. mcJ 32 N. Liberty St. Wl?lmi lilim ICC. PHONE 734-4301 FOUNDED 191* Franklin Life Sajutes Johnnie ' H'n,on IANKUN MILLI.OOO.OOONAIRE ivolved in tha racruiting and training of naw sal as laadart for ea, Distnct Managar Johnnia Hinton found tha tima to r tha Company's alita 100 SMillion Club . . . raquiring 1 million dollars insurance Drotaction with 100 calandar ite to Johnnie, we are elio pleased to announce that within his agency has created a number of exceptional re now open to residents of his aree. If you are a salesman Id. we invite you to call the Agency office 919-767 1724. y to discuss Franklin's unique Trainee Associate Program loilNMi; C\ 11 INTO N PHONE. 919 767 1724 inKLin ^ JRANCE COMPANY RINGF IE LO.IL LINOS _ _> I The Chronicle-Saturday September 30, 1978 -Page 5 Carolina and try to com- home that was built in the mand how it's going to 30s, it would be in a direct its prisons is mis- different configuration than cheivous and nonsensical one that you had built in the on the face of it. 50s or 60s or 70s. I already said that the Q- What's the situation legislature has set aside 54 oat at the Mocksville unit? million to address this proWe get a lot of complaints blem and we have already, from the prisoners oat for example, put up sneeze there. rails in the kitchens, we've added tens of thousands of A* Well, you would have dollars worth of equipment, to talk with the director of One of our problems and prisons on some of these we have it in ourbudgetnow detailed issues. I have al- is for addit ional kitchen ready told you that we're staff. Some our units dealinc with facilities that only have one cook. If you wr? built in tht thirties. can get 24 hours a day -7? ~ "and TwouTd""ch atfen ge" tKe""" o lif" of'"on<T cSlfJ" Vfc'ff,'" citizens of North Carolina. I don't get it. wasn't born here and I Part of our problem is didn't grow up in North staff, part of it is facilities, Carolina. But the citizens of part of it is overcrowding. ' North Carolina _ have a We're already worked on a "shared responsibility for number of our sewage disthe schools and the prison posal operators and mainfacilities and it is no secret tenance people. One thing that there are needs. people don't understand is I didn't build these faci- that even when you have a lities and I haven't been determined need, you still responsiblie for maintain- go through a budgetary ing them over all these process. We don't approyears. 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