Show I ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday December 26 2003 — A9 Q World fit Notion r i '1 ’ 0 Second generation faces hard job market n the US-bochildren of Hispanics Young in time a had the economic downturn than immigrants tougher their counterparts Clerks’ secretaries and factory ' workers 'were arming the jobs lost by the second generation They’re generally more educated and speak better ' English than immigrants but Hispanics ' had a tougher time in the eco-nomic downturn than their second-generatio- m - second-generation '' ' y Quartady unamployiTient rate seMonatty adjusted - ' ‘ 11 percent counterparts a new analysis by the Few : sta frQ9®pS)DBD® By The Associated Press ' His-- 1 panic Center found A surge of young US-boHispanics — the start of a wave of workers who Will ' eventually replace retiring — baby boomers joined die working world just as the ' economy turned sour That made things difficult as they competed for jobs against oth-er- s with longer work records immi-gran- ts including blue-collm AP photo Bush left shakes hands with inmates after dedicating the prison Wednesday at lawtey Correctional Institution in Lawtey Fla Bush attended a mass ducted by Bishop ' Victor Galeone in the prison chapel followed by a dedkMtion ceremony in a tent side the chapel Florida Gov Job nation's first entirely ' faith-base- '' Hispanic d out- - - oz : ’ Nation’s ‘first faith -based prison- dedicated LAWTEY Fli (AP) — Marlin Clibum inmate No 575042 recently transferred to Lawtey Correctional Institution where he is serving 6'V years for aggravated assault auto theft and fleeing officers “My life was headoi down the wrong road” said Clibum! a Baptist “I’ve kindof seen the light I've been screwing v ' up my whole life I see thiS as -a in life”turning point my He was one of nearly 800 inmates from 26 faiths who' on Wednesday attended the dedi- -' "cation ceremony of what Gov jeh Bush called the nation’s : first faith-basprison — a focused facility pn encouragof inmates ing the spirituality of all faiths ’ ' Along with regular prayer ' sessions the Lawtey prison will offer religious studies choir practice religious coun- seling and other spiritual ' activities seven days a week Participation is voluntary and initiates are free to transfer this initiative lam that Florida is the home d first prison United States’’ ' Other prisons and programs have used religious thinking to try to turn inmates away from crime The Prison Fel- - about proud to the in the ' lowship Ministries runs its Christ --centered InneiChange Freedom Initiative in prisons! in Minnesota Kansas Iowa and Texas The idea of promoting God behind bars has a long history From 1829 to 19 13 for instance the Eastern State v Penitentiary in Philadelphia used a Quaker-inspire- d system in Which prisoners were lated from each other and made to perform labor in hopes of encouraging spiritual reflectionand change Inmates at the Lawtey prison in' north Florida were told more than a month ago : that it would be completely V ed converted to a faith-base- d institution prompting 11 1 to transfer out But their beds out' “This is not just fluffy poli--c- y this is serious policy": Bush told the crowd “For the people who are skeptical - : faith-base- were quickly filledlwith vol- unteers from other prisons V "' “We’ve developed aa where they' pocoon place - : ' High school population moving into the labor force” said Roberto " Sure director of the Washing- Pew Hispanic Cen-- " ter “It’s a very tough market for young Hispanic people - ' It’s much tougher for the than it is " young native-bor- n - can practice their faith arid not have the severe negative pressures and interactions that naturally take place in some of '“What we're seeing here is the leading edge of this big ' ' ‘ : ' 03 Percent change ill the number of unemployed by education level between Q4 2Q00 and 04 2002 ar : - '3- 621'Si' Bachelor’s : Second ganaration 1138 1 First generanon 216 1065 'degree ton-based SOURCES: Paw Hispanic CarKef: Bureau oi Labor Slakstics AP cration Hispanics which were hangs over the computer in his : at 72and 66 percent respec- Oakland Calif home ' : Flamenco said his father lively according to the center ' for immigrants”: r ‘The research organization brags about his college-edu- ' n : StaLabor seated Bureau son But Mimetimes his of Hispananalyzed ' ics the US-bor- n children of-- - tistics data from the end of dad Complains “"All that ' : 2000 tp late 2002 a period people who emigrated tp this studying for nothing’ It's ' ' country wrestled with more' frustrating In my culture its ''spanning the end of the last ' than bad timing With their economic boom through the kind (if like the guy has to be ' ' ‘ levels pf education- V the breadwinper and it’s not ! downturn' higher ' ' ing for religious programs Francisco Flamenco an El rnany have more ambitious : really happening lately” The ACLU is weighing the '! Salvadoran' career aspirations than immi Between the end of 2(XK) son : immigrant's pcKsibility of filing a lawsuit' grants Surd said But some recalls his father ‘‘always had and 2002 the' number of ' waiting for the results of a test lack the connections that something” in the wuy of con-- : unemployed 25-- lo case challenging a state could help propel them into ' Lati- struction wprkl old second-generativoucher program that gives good But Flamenco whti was more than doubled' ntis students taxpayer money to ' bom in the United States has--n- ’t ' according to the Pew analysis ‘‘They come from immi- attend religious schools : 1 6- - to where there is a families also saw a had the same luck At 27 grant But officials hope the pro-- y ' limited knowledge of the US Flamenco been increase has searching big gram will lead to fewer repeat " and a limited for six months for a part-tim- e r : Hke uthers Maribel Rubai- knowledge of offenders'' ' ' ' labor force’’ he said the to support himself while caba settled for a job that sim-jpb The governor said about 38 ' r ' ' he about 10 Rubalcaba toward In a works all were there teaching i ' ply pays percent of Florida's released millionsecorid-generation:-- 1' a substitute teacher in Ripon credential and pays his $500 inmates will be back in prison : rent and $3 15 monthly car Calif has been applying for : Hispanics in America in 2000 at some point an earlier to positions in human resources report “Wouldn’t it be nice if we according payments'' the and at banks'for the past six center a oiit by could figure a way to “Getting degree you ' " ' '' able months think tobe v the re for rates lower that 38 percent closer to you going Unemployment ' ' ' tp have all these demrs open second generation rose io 10 zero percent for your family “They’re goirtg to pick but it's not true” said Flamen- - someone that has the expert- and your community?" Bush percent at the end of 2002 — ! co whose California State asked to rousing applause ence” said Rubalcaba the 28-higher than the rate for both ' third-gen- -: v year-ol- d child of farmworkers for diploma' University Hayward Wednesday immignuits'and our institutions” said Corrcc: tion Secretary James Crosby 7:-- : lx: ' Howard Simon executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida called the prison part of ’“a ' major constitutional show- down" over govemrnent fund -- Second-generatio- : - : v- - ’ ! - r- jobs' : : - the-bill- - : 1 rr - North Korean elite to ' hew directives Today the SEOUL South Korea (AP) — North Korea's Dear Leader milkairy dclwp to the battalion Kim Jong II whope sayings level receives orders by com- are followed by his people puter Tak said in a recent with a religious fervor has j: interview' the defined three types of fools in' Computer science the 21st century: people who list of subjects young military' smoke people who don’t officers and College students : want to study : appreciate music and people who can’t use a computer “We get some of the bright- - ' est Norm Koreans in our pro Small wonder then the communist state’s elite are - v said Lee Kwang-ha- k at ' jects” rushing to become tech savvy South Korea’s Samsung Elec- r" in the Intemet age tronics Co whichhasbeen “In North Korea a job with outsourcing to Pyongyang's ' this computer is considered a :! 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