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Show x tt TV f Lake Tribune, Sunday, August j 13, MTS ,' ,, i ( ... , Common Carrirr - . . ' ' . . ( Utah Faces Toiigli Issues in Prison Problems Roller! B Hansen Wouldnt It be pielorable to isolate tile maximum security risk prisoners from the less dangerous types at a site more remote than Draper When the pi Ison was moved from Sugar House in Salt Lake City to Draper, the present sue was remote from residential developments Tins is no longer The problem is that the present number ot true it to fills Prison State in Draper inmates at the I'tali 2 Would the expense of providing programs to capacity ami the best protection of additional inmates needing to lie incarcerated makes it obtains inmates (health, vocational training, etc.) at several that additional cell space, especially tor the locations lie worth the advantage of confining the maximum security inmates (usually the most inmates closer to their families so inmates, hopefully, would maintain a closer identification to life dangerous typesl is needed as soon as possible. outside the prison and more successfully it Because of the length of time between dciision later0 it so most of is and completion construction is long, 3 Would the s at several sites provide desirable that the next session of the Legislature makes the decisions and provides the funds to solve as inuih protection for the public as at one central location and, if not. are the benefits troni the sever, d this problem Time is running out locations worth the disadvantages' Plan Master Proposes 4 Is there sufficient reason to believe that The Division of Corrections has piodmed a the number of probation and parole officers doubling proposed master plan of corrections to addicss the will be worth its annual cost of $1 9 million0 prison population and to place it m its ptoper 5 Why has Utah elected (by decision of tb 'tab perspective in relation to other corrections' pro!) lems. The Board of Correitions has conducted two Board ot Corrections! not to pursue considerate ol a multi-stateooiierative maximum security prison full days of deliberations preparatory to making its w ithout any input from the other agencies referred to recommendation of thn plan above which are also concerned? on The Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force Involved in Situation Corrections has also studied and made recommendaon of Council As The Utah to as that this tions part plan. attorney general. I have interjected my sell into Criminal Justice Administration and the Statewide this situation because I would rather act than react. Association of Prosecutors are likewise committed to At present the Attorney General's Office is providing input concerning this issue defending the Utah state officials having jurisdiction With all of the attention that is being focused on over the prison in a massive federal civil rights suit the prison population problem, it might seem that we wh'ch resulted lrom problems being addressed after could be confident that the problem will be the fact instead of before the fact thoroughly considered and intelligently acted upon What do I propose Perhaps. Even probably First, propose that the public, as a whole, But before the decision is made simply because no its various institutions, including the media through other solution than the master plan has yet been and the upcoming legislative races, needs to educate advanced, we should be sure there are no other better itself about corrections' issues far more than it solutions; hence, this article. appears to have done to date, and to make its views Details Plan felt though its elected legislative representatives so The proposed master plan calls for 100 additional that we wont have such acute problems in such a maximum-securitunits at the prison at Draper to be vital area five years, 10 years and more from now. built as soon as possible (it being intended to maintain That does not mean building resort areas for 0 that prison for years hence), to freeze the capacity of the population it would then accommodate (1.100). It would also handle the projected increase by s at several locations around the building state where minimum security inmates would be imprisoned. Thirdly, it would try to cut the recidivism rate by doubling the number of parole and probation officers which would reduce the number of com lets requiring institutional confinement. By critual many other Mutes, Utah lace problems with respect to m arcerating those ton vieted of crime who must lie isolated fiom the public for its protection Like i I On. Robert Atty. B. Hansen Common Carrier Author I Editor's note: Today's Common Carrier article was written by Utah Attorney General Robert B. Hansen, a Republican. Comments expressed in Common Carrier do not necessarily reflect those of The Salt Lake Tribune or the Common Carrir board of lay editors. Articles selected for this department are determined by the lay board, which works independently of Tribune and editorial policies. The board, a of the community, in- nuni-pnson- cludes J.P. O'Keefe, former general manager, Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Core.; Gordon N. Blair, a geologist; Alice Griffith, representing the Utah League of Women Voters; Alice F. Kasai, executive program coordinator, Japanese American Citizens League; and Richard Schone, staff representaof Utah. tive, AFL-CIThis board reviews ar- ticles submitted either approves publication or them. Articles short (no longer pages, and reiects must be than four typewritten), challenging, pertinent, to the point, hav a central theme, beTinifying in purpose and pertain to the political, social or of economic the Interirountain Area. . 25-3- Individuals or representatives of recognized organizations are ts Common Carrier. Without advertising, a terrible thing mun-prison- well-bein- g state-men- I would also urge that all corrections be handled in separate department of state government and not as a division of the Department of Social Services as at present Such an organizational restructuring would aid in giving primacy to the main purpose ol to protect the public safety corrections in preference to rehabilitating the offender It we can also accomplish the latter, so much the a 1 y doubie-space- to 1 1 them for invited to submit Merge 2 Sv steins Secondly, urge the adoption of that part ot the proposed master plan for corrections which provides that juvenile corrections and adult corrections be merged to avoid duplication of administrative expenses, and to provide continuity of discipline This would not affect the juvenile court's treatment of youth separate from the criminal system It would not entail indiscriminate commingling of young offenders with adults bettoi. but it humid nut be attempted at the exp use the tormi r Tills philosophical coni let would hugely he removed il the Department ol Social Sei vices no longer had control over the m .s.m'si Definite Terms Finally, projHise that convicts be given definite terms of confinement by the Board ol 1urdoiis' rather than indefinite tei ms as at jiresent This would eliminate role pljymg so that rehabihtat ion taeihties would be used fur their inherent value and not as a means of obtaining an earlier release It would also reduce the possibility ol discrnniiuit ury treatment based on race, religion or otlui classification It would also make more certain that the convicts served terms adequate tor the olhns, and tor their jn ior criminal liisi.u y Good tune credits should be allowed as incentives to keep prison rub's, but lengthy parole supervision would he eliminated so that lew or rather than mure probation and puiolo ollaeis would be needed of e n cross-sectio- cnminals. but it does mean providing minimally suitable facilities for human beings Material should be mailed to Common Carrier, The Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. 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