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Show V.tCKtY ntFUX DAViS NEA 5 JOURNAL AUGUST 7. 1 989 NORTH PAVi IfAOCR, AUGUST 7. 1989 Life In Prison 711 Pj If UK I SAW hrn jifkJ anoihrf brail. A fit. Not i bad hand, but M enough hri C'auno, , "Iki them U ou them t ano or throw them )0, (I d.Jn1 Hr long to reply, lie hJ I OH START! AS. the M4 0,wi 0 tntoHrd Ml Num iROih prof illfnutt Ihad f0t,U tutf N: ve J Sly wKm rftufjt armed, anj Mr lCiHftpi.unrj0Miny i!ujU ( O0 Betf J BTOT CfrJd ()K AY. YOU ten and twenty. ( vim) didn't peak with the atne authority he held before. 'l Call, I can't afford 10 coun-le- r iaivr you again," bixty buvk on the UMe, I Ltd my card face up for bin to cc. Cavino threw hi card down and viormed away. fie prorr credo in order id grajij. !f Ihcft lidqlronti)l!iOf ar agreeable. whereat o keep tour rob and kiill fJoduate 10 Mjv. I mwlJrd m Nad id tignj a a ready lor antihmt. if YU ar Hilling It) 0, Hi hard Ihis weekend ami lttjy 11 five court, hat nil I h required )u homewotk (untied in by . l hen take ihe final "I m ur you 001 lo 00 a thing, M0-d-- club, four of diamond, and a u id heart, holy four. Not a out bad hand, but me good enough to win. I marked down in my little pad how much Cavmo owed me. ft here wasnt real money 00 the table, we ue ripped card a dollar bill I tt hen I wa finished. I called Cavmo IIOVXEYI R, IF you Till 10 dti iHe requited work. me can't keep you a a tutor or at an adc, II ou fail to complete ihe atognmcnlt, you will hate Id enter high tchool to finih your enror year. What do you think?" 'Mr. Jacob. I 0 anl lo keep (hit job, and I want my diploma. After Jl yean I hate ihe opportunity and I don't want lo blow 11. 1U do it. It'll be a kng week. I want lo graduate. Now, what courtet do 1 take?" over, Com-rosiiMi- n. I STOOD up from the table and went back to my house. He never said a word to me or got in another game after that night. When Monday morning rolled around, my eyes looked like two womout road maps waiting to be used one last Well, when you want something long enough, hard enough and strong enough, you go after it and 1 did. Now, how soon can I take those tests?" get away from doing my studies, I took it. When Steve asked me to play poker, 1 told him I couldn't. "Bull. When did you ever pass up the chance to get your I CAN give you all (money) before. Cmon. just a few hands. Besides man, the way you look right now, a little : THE FIRST hand, I had a deuce and a pair of fives. Casino bid a dollar, I called and Dick did likewise. Casino kept his cards. I discarded my two fives, drew a three and a ten. Dick threw away one card. Casino bet two dollars. I called and Dick folded. Casino didn't take a draw. Dick asked me if I wanted any cards. I would need an ace or a four to beat him; for he doesn't bet or stay in unless he has a good hand. I raised one finger in the air. Dick slid one card my way, and like I always do, I shuffle my Cards together before I look. I raised them to eye level, spread them open. when I woke up. I noticed (hot none of the door were open. Usually si i ihe door we rallied I nude s eup of coff ee, ruhbed ihe kep from my eye snd heard another oittc. "Ijsten up. If e cry (me mam-la- m ihetr setion today, you wdl all be oft ksk down tomorrow morning snd esery thing will return 10 normal." SOMEBODY I ROM Ihe rear part of ihe tier yelled "When we we gumg 10 eat! You have us locked up, so feed us!" Tht cause other que-tur- n lo be raised. Yeh. w hat shout visits?" "Let u call our wive not 10 worry . Sgt. Doctor answered. "No one gesl out of hi cell today. No phone call, no nothing until I receive word from the w Your breakfast it coming now. He turned snd (eft. No one taw him the rest of the or-de-n. pnment, nut cn that 4 enough, as pla) i"! from the A son whe r end of h ucf taught my stieniMvo 4hen I turned out the j.ght. My Uay, No maner uhot.lU have to do it my ay in order to urie, MONDAV.IttOrrirdtanJ. he, Gee ho 0. nhen one tune flies by enjoying Me, Several men named to know nhen 0e 40utJ get out. We were told Jevvup 0 outd be I sked op later to talk to shout our job. 1 he cop ddn'l have an ansner for that cither. u. NINE THAT morning, ten officer came upvtair and Darted a major vhakedoon, taking thing they believed lo be contraband. Hammer were Nought to bang on the bar, checking for Move one, tveryone of hi lost our curtains. We tned to argue this a a means of privacy, uvmg them lo change our doihet or go to the bathroom. Ihey HoulJnT hvten. These cop had to prove their authority. I remember w week ago they said, "We can understand your concern for privacy. We Hill work with vou in this area. If any inmate nave tuggevtion on how to correct the vituation, let ui knonT yourex-am- . had instant coffee. Considering I wasnt getting out today, now was a eood a time as any to do a little reading. Most of the guys went back to sleep or read books, watched Tv, or listened to music. As for about ten of them, all they could think of were various remarks about the way they were being treated.. By KENT BIRCH Utah proposed constitu- tional amendments have raised little controversy . they administered population pending an investigation of an attempted escape and an assault on one of our officers. Hopefully well have things back to normal by Monday afternoon. CLOSE TO eleven that night, Cliff and I talked about things in general. Cliff has less than three months to do. We mostly spoke about what his plans are after he gets released. An hour later he went to sleep. I thought about what Jessup said on television and I knew he was lying. I had a strong suspicion we werent going to be released Monday like he said. I sat down and wrote a letter to a friend of mine, explaining what was going on inside myself and the prison. When I finished, I tore it up. Whats the sense of telling someone something when they cant do anything about it. medical It. was three then, when n loud voices over a could be heard. "Listen up. I am saying this once and once only. Return to your cells im- mediately. Do not attempt to resist. We have tear gas in our possession and if force is needed, we will use it. You have thirty seconds.. bull-hor- A FEW vulgar statements were heard as the sound of shuffling feet on concrete floor could be heard all over the place. looked out of my house and saw 30 cops wearing safety face plate helmuts, carrying shotguns and tear gas containers. These boys were playing for real. My deck was the one they 1 billy-club- . I'M IN HERE, my friends are free, they have other things to worry about. I cant ask them to do anything for me. They have enough troubles of their own. If nothing else, it felt good to write a letter. A great deal of emotions flowed onto paper. I wrote put a lot of frustrations which I felt good about. Now I felt as if I wouldnt do or say anything foolish which would get me into trouble. s, started with first, working their way down to the first deck until everyone was again locked down. Most of us figured there wouldnt be any no. u. your right and flush them nght do0O the toilet,' that remark that touched everything off. After IT AHIt ll, the heat u as only beginning, A few guy ( Here grG ling tmtated and 0 anted some action, They 0 anted someone to talk ta that knew wlui 4s going on, lo them, there Has only one nay to gel attention, lion a fire. The only thing available h a a table hc used to play cards on. After a small (lame started on the top. the table ns pushed Huh Hhaicvcr was available. Some guy tied blanket together and used them to pull the table forward on he W AS the officers left. Hob decided to htiic a h nt on the inhumane condition that were being given lo u. We Here told the Harden Hould come up here and speak , to ut. We were told Jevvup II NC Kurd Door toward the front nhcre I am. Smoke billowed towaids ihe ceiling. Smoke 0 ent into every cell, causing inmate to choke and gag. BY THE time the table reached me. there was hardly anything left. Within a few minute the table collapsed. Men Here yelling to keep the fire alive. ITS TIMES like these I wish I werent alone. For the longest time I kept a feeling of a woman alive in my heart although she was dead for quite some time. Even after death I loved her. I only had her pictures and the poetry I grounds. The amendment would also make it legal for women to work in underground mines. Clothe, blanket, sheets, trash and you name it, h cm to keep the fire burning. Another hour passed before eight or nine officer came upstair. Nought a camera and started taking pictures. Ten minuic passed before they left. The noise quieted down, especially when we found out the fire didnt work. R tive article revision; second, a THE PROPOSALS are Ihe result of recommendations by the Utah Constitutional Revision Committee which was established in 1968 and allowed to state legislators would then rank 46th. day, Fven inmates in max, are allowed one hour a day out of afternoon, ten officer came upstair and 4olked down the iwf. One w them started sounding out cell mimher. Eight cells were called. ami cash man was taken off the Her fi e inching a rwt. The piclure they had taken 10 their satisfaction shoaed nho BY THREE that the instigator shower. They even get a hot meal, no sooner thought about that when ihe sack dinner armed, This time I didnt look inode, threw it away. Mid dow n on m y bed and slept a few hour. Here. bf Three other Here taken off the tier for mouihmg off, W hen the officers left, things became quiet again, until I yelled ta Mickey. "Hey Mickey, they take them all 10 Max?" AT 1 00 1 remembered I had a chew vet under my bed and I talked CM into playing game with me. I Bed a long piece of ttnng into a coke box on one end then on the other, placing the chew board on top. 1 hen I ' placed Ihe piece on lop and we were ready to play. YEH, MORE than likely." "What do you think Hill happen lo them?" MY TELLING. Probably For the next three day ae averaged three game a day. Outside of the book, it helped to pas lime awav. I had to do someihing else. I finished every book in my house, and there wasnt anything left lo read. keep them there for God know to exercise and their crll how long," We tried it their wav snd it didn't work. We tned it our way and that didnt work. What wat left to satisfy their demands. I mean, they already had ihe two inmate in max w ho started the w hole thing to begin wuh. Soahy the delay? Why give ut a hard time for someone clves mistake? HEN THE news came on that night, the same garbage w av on the air about the fad w e may be let out tomorrow, maybe. Prison official were undecided as how to combat this issue but were walking on TODAY W AS laundnr day for population, but not for uv. For those of ut a ho still had clothes and vhccls. we had dirty ones. Most of us hadnt taken a shower since Satur a feasible solution lo the problem. The only solution we could see was no solution. The fourth amendment will amount of compensation charged with the duty lo do an ongoing study of the Utah State Constitution, and to update articles and language that is clearly outdated, to change provisions that no longer meet Ihe needs of the citizens of the state and modernize the overall functions of state govern ernor and the president of the ment." senate and speaker of the house. Those nine pick an additional six members and a director of the Office of Legis- Suggestions of study areas come to the commission from citizens and citizen groups as well as from the legislators. Once the study is completed a recommendation is made to lative Research w ho is the 16th member of the commission. A deadline for opposition to any of the proposed changes is Aug. 6. So far. according to Monson, no citizen or citizen groups are opposing any of the changes w hich will appear on the ballot in November for tax- -' the legislature which then approves or disapproves the recommendation for inclusion on the ballot where the voters have final say. THE commission itself is made up of 16 members. Three each are appointed by the gov payers vote. tax article revision; third, a prisoner work release amendment; and fourth, a legislative compensation amendment. The executive article revision will do away with the position of secretary of state and form a new office of lieutenant governor who will run forelection on the same ticket as the governor, similar to the way the president and vice president of the United States are limitation still placed on officials. It would not longer be necessary for the governor to relinquish power to a second in command when leaving the state on business. The revision also clarifies details of the succession of a governor. The revision of the tax article of the constitution will make it legal for the state legislature to remove certain personal property taxes, such as is sectioned off from main treatment. Ralph and the other two came back to the block and noticed that every cell had been opened and all escape doorways were open. 0 continued for four hour. Robert. Hho lived three cells down from me yelled. l nani 10 see Ihe HarYou canl do den right We have certain this 10 right ourselves you know 1" One officer said in a sneering manner, "Pol. you can take Ihe hakcdo0 THE FOUR amendment proposals are: First, an execu- AROUND 1:30 the same cops brought our lunch to us. I What made the day even worse was when dinner came around and you guessed it, two bologna sandwiches. That night on television the director for the prison was on. Those of us who didnt have sets, listened as best as we couldAt this time, the block n, RIGHT NOW 4C ran do anything 0c nant, Relai. Ihe toonef e gel flu User nub, ihe sooner everyone can be raise the compensation of legislators from S25 per day as set with a SIS expense allowance to S40 per day w ith aS40 expense allowance. The state which now ranks 48th in the elected. about our being released. THINGS WERE goingpret-t- y good for me. I finished my English test and became a high school grad. 1 began to get a few more friends and help them to write letters or help them with their spelling or anything that would help them improve. Things were going pretty good for me until the last weekend of the month. Saturday night after the midthings became night ring-imellow until one in the morning. Three doors opened on the third deck where Ralph, Keith, (he finally took my advice) and Mike ran down the tier, going to the aid of an officer who was attacked by two other inmates who were planning an escape. IF IT hadnt been for those three men, Jeff Tolley would have died from shock. The three of them carried him to the prison infirmary and had medics on duty alerted, and 1 according to Lt. Gov. David S. Monson in a recent report. No one has bothered to write any kind of opposing argument to be included in a pamphlet for interested voters on any of the four measures. word being passed around was we would be released now that they had the two responsible. was hungry. Inside two bologna sandwiches on white bread, stale white bread. Still no word day night. I slept 25 hours. ,N() MAIL goe out umd this shakedown mer, ."You eani do lhai! Y'ou tsnl stop our mail from going out. Thai illegal;" houIJ talk to uv. Before the day nai mer, no one hoIJ talk to UI aboul anything. ses Constitution Facelift FIVE MINUTES after he led, our food came. One paper sack with two Incd egg sandwiches. a soggy banana snd coffee. I hate their coffee. But I wasn't worried loo much, I seven armed guards came up- s THIS CAAIE Jo4 0 kvauve OMIAsojJ it cun amt 4Cfa Mtf haard, iu( 500, a Mag as they hasganeu uut.no u hf time (o gel u and tome how degrade Us, Jimmy 0(10 MeJ across ihe hall (root me asked l l. I itch 0 h AuhoJy p ked up his mad Ihis morning, day. stairs and opened two cells. The same two cells of the guys who tried to escape. They were taken directly to maximum security. Tolley had been able to give the names of his two assailants. Now the almost five that afternoon. Three B's and a B- -. I had everything under control except for my nerves. I went back to my house for count, laid down and didn't wake up until Tues- entertainment wouldn't hurt you a bit right now. he used to be in Vegas. He ways talked about how good he was, and how he would "fleece the suckers," well he didnt have any sitting here as he found out that night. 11:30 that night, Dick, Casino and myself were still playing. Steve and John dropped out owing me thirty bucks apiece. Dick dealt the cards and the name of the game was three card Molly. We each received three cards and the object is to get the lowest hand according to the cards. Ace being low, face cards and tens being high. Usually a pair of something is generally a loser. 0 got who lftrtilufH'ape,thr knew llvry thJn'i has chame, 0 ihry NrnJrd mil) ihe crowd and went baik la ihfir house again, Ihe remainder of ihe as quirt. Dongs weBight re I over yet, lor we all knew an investigation as 10 why ihe (Of W4V avsaullfj id had 10 be done, tomorrow mean! many question, wiih lew At eleven that morning, except English today. Friday is the soonest I can give you the English exam." This started at nine in the morning, and continued until bands on a little scratch THERE ARE five of us counting me, Steve, John, Dick and of course. Casino. Dick gave hin that name. No matter what card game you played, he knew it. He used to brag about how good a dealer AS TOR (he f I KNEW we were getting a raw deal, but w hat could we do about it? Nothing. We were the ones locked down, not the cops. They were the ones w ho had access to the warden, and the news media, not us. MR. JACOBS was the first lo notice. You look terrible. chance to I LOOKED at Steve, shook my head and smiled. "If I flunk my test Monday, its your fault. Go deal the cards. I'll be there in a minute. Have to go to the bathroom." 1 know what you are thinking, but the only way I can make a living is to gamble and cards has always been good to me. I dont make much money in prison, and that is the only income I have. My parents and friends dont support me and to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want them to. vsroto about her, I rote to keep the frrling aloe, At D (he time, preferably as garbage can liners. I was exhausted. I had completed every assignment I was given. needed help. " vniy foe vou WITH A SMI G look on hi face. Casino said. "W hat diJ you karn? "I karned how foolish a better you are and how much a liar you are. And no professional gambler take those kind of chance. So do me and everyone else a favor and quit l mg about yourself. Good night. Till; MORE I though about it. the easier I fell I could really do n. Al Ihe end of ihe tchool day I wat loaded down with books on English. U.S. History. Science, Math and I was faced with over J.000 pages of reading, and answering over 400 questions. Yet. eten though I fell I could do it. I fell a little apprehensive. Afraid of failure is more like it. That night I had more trouble with noise than I coulJ deal with. Radios up full blast, some of the guys just came in from playing basketball and were talking and laughing loudly: This made it hard to study. If you tell them to hold it down or shut up, then you have a light on your hands, and for as mad as 1 was getting, I didn't need any fights, I WHEN I HAD the "that owe me now. It gelling Lie and I have to study, but I want lo thank you for koine me play with a professional. I (earned something tonight. rc4 of answer. the following morning AS H AT HE aiJ cannot be put into print. He had a two of t cum. ' on 1 bet foe dollar. ami me 0 oh that vluHj k4mg ( ufltu IrtiiHf me Crvt0 me, 1 lot, re your lor, nd rai you five " "Your foe. and ten more," than You nerd U) U-ke- J Kk, 'J likiii ikf i thMcbi, more (root le (He night, (4 Vut UKi tuned a tW, bn, jkUifij pkMih, $i Ja.!iy he rvolly Jt HunJ.M AuaufhctMiMhrr SuH Tin Dfl DWOIrDf i '! ' v ".A . . i!'y ' t ;v ' - U' . i V'V-- . ? ' t A i if i i'V'j 2,' "' 4 vf j - : THE REVISION would also remove some other archaic home taxes and also gives greater leeway for other future tax revision. The proposal would also remove tax on cattle since it is a very difficult tax to administer. THE THIRD revision is a prisoner work release amend- ment which would permit the voluntary contracting of prisoner labor outside the prison Helicopter Pilot Dies In Crash In Montana KA YSVILLE A ter pilot from Kaysville was killed last week near Red Rock, Mont., about 30 miles south of Dillon, when the craft he was flying lost power while taking off and slammed into the ground. HE WAS identified as William W. Dodd, 47, 966 Thorn-fiel- d Rd., Kaysville. The county coroner at the scene said the helicopter, owned by Rocky Mountain Helicopters, was being used in the area to do seismographic work and collect core samples. Witnesses said the helicopter had landed and refueled. It took off and seconds later lost power and plunged to the ground, catching fire. GROUND CREWS extinguished the flames and pulled the pilot from the craft. Another helicopter rushed the injured pilot to the hospital in Dillon but he was dead on arrival, according to hospital authorities, grb - j . - CONVENTION Four Davis County Republicans were among the 21 delegates and alternate delegates attending the Republican National Convention in Detroit. Davis County GOP Chairman Gene Peresich of Bountiful, Vice Chairman Ruby Price of Layton, and Dennis Webb of Farmington, former aide to Rep. Dan Marriott, were delegates. DORIS WILSON of Bountiful, former State Party vice chairman and current Hansen for Congress coordinator, was an alternate delegate. The Utah delegation was in Detroit for one week. The con Ruby Price wears her famous red, white and blue campaign suit wore Ronald Reagan in Kansas in 1976 and Detroit 80. She first wore it in 1974, and will continue n through this year for Jake Garn. She and Gene Peresich, right, were among the delegates to the Republican national convention. Others from Davis County included Dennis Webb and Doris Wilson. thatshe vention adopted the National Party Platform and elected president and vice president nominees. All Utah delegates and alternates were members of the Reagon slate elected by the State Convention in June. INDIVIDUAL impressions of the convention varied but all agreed on several points. The Civic Host Committee, which included several former Utahns, spared no effort to make the convention a good experience. Detroit city workers were extremely courteous throughout the convention. Many national leaders fr sought out the Utah delegation to get acquainted and ex- change views. The harmony of views between Utah delegates and delegates from other states was impressive. Robbery In Layton LAYTON Three sus- pects, all believed to be in their early 20s, are suspects ift the robbery last week of Anthonys Restaurant, 505 North Main, Layton. THREE MEN, all brandishing handguns, confronted five employees as they were cleaning up the establishment after closing. One employee was met in the parking lot by the trio who ordered him back inside. Once inside, the gunmen re- portedly ordered the em- ployees into a backroom and then forced the assistant manager to open the till and safe. The intruders then fled on foot with an undetermined amount of the days cash receipts, grb : |