Show 1 1 Lee Maps Prison Tour j I For Utah Legislators r By n Will Jarvis I Governor elect J. J Bracken Lee said Wednesday he will advise sc all legislators to visit th the Utah state prison at Sugarhouse so they can see for themselves the pressing need for completion of the new prison at Point of the Mountain This approach was mapped by bythe bythe bythe the governor-elect governor as a method to gain legislative support for what he considers a matter of top priority Following Following- a visit to the institution at Sugarhouse Monday Monday Mon ton day Mr Lee said sald that every effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort tort must be made to complete the new prison structure Di Disgrace grace to the state was the label Mr Ir Lee attached to the old prison After Acter viewing the crowded crowd crowd- ed rd cond conditions inadequate crowd I toilet facilities outmoded kitchen facilities facilities I ties tics filth in many parts of the prison the inadequate number of guards and lack of a program ram to keep busy inmates who are willing willingto to work he said he felt shock disgust and shame Urges Work ork Speed We Ve owe something to these men in the way of rehabilitation but we arent aren't providing it for them now he said We must complete complete complete com com- the new prison in as little time as possible The former mayor of Price who was elected governor in November November November Novem Novem- ber said he was aware that the prison administration had asked for operating expenses for the next biennium and that It would take to com r P lete the Point of or the construction so that the old P pr n L could be cO moved mo entirely Th The l' l P prison rison was given en n an budget of this bi bK a But this situation cannot lien limp along indefinitely The Tte govern ov J p ment of this state w will just hae to e to trim expenses elsewhere so a ne new prison can be completed said h he Recommend Funds I Mr 11 Lee who Is a Republics Republic will ask the Democratic leg ture Lure to expedite completion of ot th tie the new prison The state legislative Ji i council also has recommended aa tn appropriation sufficient to com corn 1 u the structure and to con Con- Cont t k sider this an emergency ma matter i I The governor elect said Mid he ex ex L support from the legislature J Jon on this matter if enough legislators legislator see sec with their own eyes the deplorable deplorable de de- conditions in which ti the the t t- prisoners at Sugarhouse now lire Similar statements about prison a conditions were made by a leg legis I committee that visited the prison Aug 19 Ind Included ded in the group were Reps David T T. Leis Lewi R R. Salt Lake Merrill K K Davit R R. R Salt Lake Edwin in Q Cannon li R. R Salt Lake and Sen Grant Grant Midgley D D. Salt Lake However How How- i 1 ever the following day Sen I. I ley Icy criticized the reports of ot terrible ter ter- terrible conditions Issued by other othet t. t members of the committee as being grossly exaggerated and poll political tactics |