Show E JAIL continued Millard to jail because of a civil offense like a contempt of court which doesn’t happen very often we have to treat him differently than someone who lands here as a criminal “It becomes a real management problem to us when we are at 30 beds because of all those parameters we have to manage and work around” The requirements for separating different kinds of prisoners come from state law federal court decisions and jail operation standards Phillips said Jail capacity will be adequate “for the forseeable future” he Said The population fluctuates “We get cramped once in a while because of an abundance of pretrial prisoners and at other times we may be bulging in the sentenced side” he said Pretrial usually undergoes the biggest fluctuation in numbers making it hard to forecast said The sentenced Phillips population is a bit more stable “and we have a means of keeping that up to what I call an optimum level” he said Millard County has a contract with the state to house state inmates on a basis The state pays the county S30 per day per inmate in what officials call the program The agreement helps the state with its overcrowding problems and it helps the offset of costs county oprerating the county jail The contract with the state was renewed for the next fiscal year at the in meeting County Commission Fillmore Tuesday March 21 “It really helps us a lot” Commissioner Mike Styler said The income goes into the county general fund The county has contracted to hold up to 16 or 18 state prisoners at a time Phillips said but things have changed recently “Our growth and our needs have increased a little bit to the present” he said “Five to eight state mates are about what we’ve been holding in there this past year That’s all we’ve had the room for” Phillips said Utah is facing a critical shortage of jail cells New facilities cluding a regional jail in Cedar City and one under construction in Gunnison will help relieve the pressure Still Utah puts fewer people in prison per capita than most other states Phillips said that’s chiefly because of a lack of bedspace all the crooks went to “Historically prison” he said "But in the last few years just the most serious offenders went to prison They’ve tried to manage the rest of them for the most part on the street through parole and probation officers” According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics US Department of Justice state and federal prison population in the US grew by almost 5 percent during the first six months of 1987 to a record 570519 inmates That’s 1000 new beds per week Utah housed 1903 inmates in June 1987 a 55 percent crease over June 1986 Colorado had an increase of 188 percent in the same According to a recent press release from Citizen Alert a advocacy group: ‘An International Week of Action is planned for April 1989 when groups from Europe Canada and the US will join in alerting the Federal Aviation Administration Congress the Pentagon and NATO that abusive military flight training activities are having serious impacts on people and the environment Over 40 groups in Germany The Netherlands Canada and the US as well as the Western Shoshone Nation (Nevada) and the Nation (Labrador) will join in the protests “The joint action is being held to spotlight the impacts of military air combat training around the world These impacts include the startle effects of low flying aircraft and sonic booms military aircraft accidents disruption of recreation areas decreased property values damage to buildings and radiation risks and possessions civilian aviation disruption “Presently over one million square miles of the continental US and coastal waters are overlain by some type of military airspace The uncontrolled military use of public lands compelled Congress to pass the Engle Act of 1958 which requires congres- - The county jail offers inmates some recreational facilities outdoor basketball court like this Local passes test The prison population in period Washington state declined 48 percent in the same period Only nine states sentenced fewer people to prison than Utah did in 1987 The judiciary has had to take notice Phillips said “Those guys deny that their sentencing reflects on prison overcrowding” he said “but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out on been what’s going Judges throughout the state are placing more and more individuals on probation or putting them in county jails as a condition of probation simply because they know there is room only for the There is no most serious offenders room at the inn” that Millard Phillips emphasized is criminals loose not turning County on the streets He said only Salt Lake and Weber Counties face a “really serious dilemma with overcrowding” Davis County has a new jail under construction Utah County is expanding their jail When it was built in 1983 Phillips predicted the jail would be good for 10 years “I think we’re on target” he said “I think if things continue the way that they are we're going to have to look at some expansion around 1993 to 1995” The Chronicle Progress recently reported the Department of Business March 7 on Tuesday Regulation released the names of successful professional engineers and land surveyors who passed the recent National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE) test A name was omitted Engineer Brian Paul Nielson Delta should have been included among local names on the list Long term agreement program sign-u- p The Millard County ASC Committee has announced a special Long Term under Agreement Agricultural (ACP) Conservation the Program will begin March 27 1989 and end April 18 1989 For additional information contact the ASCS Office at 88 North Main in Fillmore or call r t READ TODAY "1" -- sional the land 5000 acres approval is not for greater than approval withdrawals Congressional necessary for airspace withdrawals ‘“The Federal Aviation Administration is allowing the Department of Defense to usurp airspace today in the unaccountable same uncontrollable way land withdrawals were conducted Exin the 1950’s’ said Bob Fulkerson ecutive Director of Citizen Alert ‘The FAA has shown itself to be nothing more than a rubber stamp’ Fulkerson added “US participants are calling for a comprehensive study of military special use airspace and an Engle Act of the Air to allow congressional approval in military and public participation airspace withdrawals of “Grace Bukowski coordinator hotline SKYGUARD the said ‘The military encroachment on the nation’s airspace and that of sovereign American Indian lands has become intolerable’ “‘While nobody disputes the need for our nation’s military readiness the continued growth of military aircraft operations are quickly crowding our conseskies bearing unacceptable quences to the people wildlife and lands’ Bukowski said” Revolving loan fund program readied LESSON 2 "The Front Page” Letters: I SPS Count) Protests planned of sonic booms A "L The Six County Economic Development District has established a revolving loan fund program for existing and new businesses The primary purpose of the program is to create permanent Millard jobs in Juab Sanpete and Sevier counties In order to receive a loan from the revolving loan fund applicants must be able to demonstrate that private lending sources will finance at least 50 percent of the project but that sufficient financing for the entire project is not available at terms that make the proposal feasible The project must also create permanent jobs in the eligible counties Loans from the fund may be used for working capital to purchase land to build new buildings or renovate or to purchase isting buildings Interest machinery and equipment rates and repayment terms are flexible depending on the demonstrated needs of the borrower Loans will be secured by a second mortgage or by assets purchased with loan proceeds Loans from the fund may not exceed 40 percent of the project costs up to a maximum of $250000 The borrower must provide at least 10 percent of the project costs and other lenders must provide the balance Because the revolving loan fund uses federal grant monies borrowers must agree to comply with federal civil rights environmental and construction wage regulations The program for Millard County will be administered by Robyn Pearson Millard Vounty Industrial Development PO Box 854 Delta Utah 84624 Phone 4-- H Thurs Mar 2 3 4 Discuss a national or state news story that is on the front page What date is this news reported? 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