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f New Directions And Goals For Correction Department 1 By Secretary Aaron J. Johnson Spectd Ts The Post J As Secretary of Correction I fool • { responsibility to the citizens of North J Carolina to let them know whet the > priorities and goals for the De ' partraent are under the Martin \ administration. r I believe that the citizens of North j Carolina would appreciate a better ! understanding of the correction sys * tem and how it operates. < First and foremost, our pri 2 mary responsibility is to ensure the r public’s safety, * According to public opinion polls, 5 the fear of crime is as great as it has ; evw been. The public must feel that * we are protecting H against those : individuals who pose a threat to ; society, we must have an account * able criminal justice system in ; North Carolina. There murt be among judges, jailers and victims s clear knowledge of how long a pri - soner will serve behind ham. \ with short term to^ag :} countable system. lecuve so uuit tney will serve to uiscourage inose woo leave our ori t son system from gya iriuiiltj SL . 77® oiieno J ers. This, obviously, causes the sys We n^Tbave ad SaciUei Longer sentences for SSuLn .1 _ _ ., L. *' , noesn t mean tnat we as a society should tolerate inhumane condi w ' 1111^1 WlUlvUl **7* * uiwifliiy, or in ,«ciety than when they went in. more facilities this is a fact of life imay James School Hnfe LA Wcrishop t The Amay James School will be r the site of a dance and drama per il formance by the Los Angeles Work : shop on Tuesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. The L.A. Workshop is composed of 23 Baha'i Youth from various races and nationalities who live in the Los Angeles area. They are coming to Charlotte directly from performan ces at the Baha’i International Youth Conference which was held in Ohio last weekend. The group will also attend a one-day conference during the day at the school. Speakers to the con ference will include Dr. Sara Peri era. visiting professor of'Spa nish at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity. Carey Murphey, Director of the Bahai Regional Teaching Office of South Carolina and Robert Cad walader from Shelby The \a» Angeles group members •re friends who work, study and play together as well as perform various dance exhibitions, including break dancing, street theatre, and plays. We hope to share this group’s 10 years of theatre and dance experience with the Charlotte Baha’i Youth and their friends,” reported Charles Hicks, Chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Charlotte. “They ad dress the Issues of negative peer pressure, racial prejudice and edu cational and career choices. These are the concerns which young people struggle to address at this critical stage in their development as ma turing adults ” For more information about the Workshop and confarence. call 3M-I713. Police Volunteers The Charlotte Police Department is accepting applications tor volun teers to serve as police reserves, citizen patrol officers, and techni cal-clerical volunteers. Police re serves are sworn officers with powers of arreet who assist the Patrol Division Citizen patrol of Hears are trained ea obaervars and assigned to areas of the dty re quiring high visibility patrolling. The technical-clerical volunteers provide assistance In areas such as data processing and research The Police Department provides train ing. uniforms and equipment. Ap plications are available in the vo lunteer office of the Charlotte Po lice Department, 829 Bast Fourth St., Monday through Friday, from 8 a m. to 9 p.m. For Mtormation, call 338-2187. Aaron J. Johnson .NCDC secretary as new prisoners are brought into one end of the system while other serious offenders who should remain in prison have to be pushed out because of overcrowding. I have asked my staff to study ways to build and run more cost effective pri sons. • Private sector involvement in the building and running of our mini mum security units may be one • i ~ alternative. Some states have al ready done thi& and we are evaluat ing how successful they have been. We will not sacrifice security for cost, but we win, at every turn, look for ways to save the taxpayer money. We agree with Attorney General Ed Meese that there is no reason why a prison facility Should cost <100,000 per prisoner in one state and <30,000 per prisoner in another. Our department Intends to work with the National Institute of Correction to look into ways to streamline our prison design and building plans. As I mentioned earlier, our first goal is to ensure the public’s safety. Our second goal for the Depart ment of Correction is to have a strong rehabilitation program. Over 90 percent of the inmates in our system will one day Return to so ciety. We must do our utmost to pre pare these individuals to become productive members of society. We would like to expand our Prison Enterprises program. » We have two reasons for that: 1.' We are hopeful that by ex panding this existing program that we can offer the inmates a wider variety of opportunities to develop —- m*k. marketable job skills. 1. By expanding Prison Enter prises, we can generate more re venues which will lighten our over head without interfering in the pri vate sector. I have always believed that if a man had a skill that he was proud of, and a chance to perform that skill that there was less likelihood of him running afoul with the law. We would like to see the private sec tor become more involved in help ing train our work-release inmates develop meaningful jobs. I am calling on the business and community leaders across the State of North Carolina to offer to train some of these individuals. The Department of Correction has one of the finest educational, voca tional and behavioral programs for inmates. One why my staff and I would like to strengthen these pro grams is through stronger public and private sector involvement Finally, let me say I am aware of the challenges we face In Correction. We are given people who society and the courts have given up on. With the Governor’s leadership and hard work and the public's support and involvement, we be lieve we can have a safer, more humane and more cost effective prison system. I welcome thoughts of the citi zens of North Carolina as we d—1 -: with the complex set of problems that comes with running the North Carolina Department of Correc tion and its prisons. . *5* SHAZADA Records & Tapes "Your Uptown Record Store”_ ; 332-7077 Top Chart LP J 12” Disco. 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