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Show Municipalities And Goeetiess Law Loophole ; ''U? . , 1 ; 1 ? -. ( 7.4, , K 1 f 1 I ! it - -. J, ; Mini 11 minium Hi 11 iii 1 1 iwrr--ninMrtflWinai - -"'- ' J-- -. . ,T -. - .. I - . . w4 "'- 4 i. . . ' - v . iS . , - ; v. , 1 ' -- I . .'.-.. . ' " " i L J Staff Photos In the following law passed in 1931 regarding Juvenile Detention Homes in Utah note the responsibility responsi-bility left begging in this loophole: "municipalities and counties". This has been the subject of litigation lit-igation between Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County and does not ease the situation for our youngsters. Section 55-10-49 provides: " "Children under the age of sixteen years, , who are apprehended appre-hended by any officer or are brought before any court for examination under any of the provisions pro-visions of this chapter, shall not be confined in jails, lockups, or police cells used for ordinary criminals or persons charged with crime. It shall be the duty of municipalities and counties to make provision for the custody and detention of such children prior to their trial or examination, either by arrangement with some person or society' willing to undertake the responsibility of such temporary custody or detention on such terms as may be agreed upon, or by providing suitable premises entirely distinct and separate from the ordinary jails, lockups, or police cells. The photos on this page and on page 3 give a study in contrasts con-trasts between 3 Utah counties. Five counties have complied; six have separate quarters in jails; eighteen have only the Jails. The case load for the State in 1958 was 2,658; for Salt Lake County, 1,586; for Weber, 513; Continued on page three The photograph above is a view of the lounge in the Utah County Youth's Home at Provo. At the right is the gym at the Salt Lake County Detention Home. At Provo the boys and girls have ping-pong, two jig-saw puzzle tables, a library, TV, record player, radio, type- r writer, and outside a punching bag and tether ball. Some of these recreations are provided at Salt Lake but as maximum security cases are handled here the facilities are such that not too much advantage can be taken of them, I , i . . . I j r 'This is the exterior of the Utah County Youth's Home in Provo. An apartment is provided for the Superintendent and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Owen T. Howard who are assisted by Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Sorenson. Judge Monroe Paxman is the Juvenile Court District III judge, and Bill Ward is the chief probation officer. There is a teacher, Mrs. Eddie Kimball, who comes in 5 half days a week to help the bovs and girls with their schooling. She has had some remarkable re-markable results with those who have needed special help from a teacher trained in remedial work. i " i -.";'""""r - 4 . (I f l ... - i). na w ' ' J : 11 The above picture shows the provision made for feeding a detained youngster in Utah County. To the right is shown Weber County's tin cans. The food is prepared under the supervision of a dietician from Eldred Sunset Manor in Provo. Prison inmates on the floor above cook for the youngsters at Ogden. Continued from page one DETENTION HOME STORY for Utah, 273. In Carbon County where 65 cases were handled the youths were detained in a nursing home for the aged and chronically ill; this arrangement is a fire hazard. Maximum security cases among the older youths under eighteen are detained in some counties at the County jail. This is undersirable as there is not adequate supervision and association is with questionable adults in these lockups; in fact, this is illegal. A possible solution might be regional Detention Homes placed to serve more than one county. Perhaps eight would suffice for the States. There are six Juvenile District Courts, whose judges, probation officers, and child welfare workers should be in close proximity. . The photographs on this page give a study in contrasts. As our publisher says:" We will continue with the problem of the Detention situation in Utah to the point of boredom, if necessary." Today we present the facilities in Utah County. We have brought the story by picture to our readers of the Detention Homes in Salt Lake and Weber Counties. These are views from the Utah County Youth's Home located on the Springville highway out of Provo, next to the Eldred Sunset Manor, which is a beautifully beauti-fully appointed County achievement for the aged. This is the "Country Club" of Utah Detention Homes. Compared Com-pared to the lock-up on the ninth floor of the City & County Building Build-ing is Ogden, this is a palace. Funds were raised for the Home from Utah County and private sub-sciption. sub-sciption. There was no State aid. Citizens of the County became alarmed at the situation--and they did something about it. The public apathy in Salt Lake and Weber Counties is being attacked by individuals, in-dividuals, by organizations, and by the Independent. Perhaps when our State Legislature convenes it will be met by an aroused citizenry. If the Counties cannot solve their juvenile problems, the State of Utah must. This is the minimum requirement require-ment : that the detention shall not be harmful to the child. Statistics used in this article were through the courtesy of the Utah State Welfare Department. i ' i H I- "fi ' : - !U I - r '! I ' 8 ' JT - I , g I , i ' ' ' i .ii.. W,i .I,,.. ' Vi , I f f u I ! 5 : . 1 ' .- . i "; ' 'I I , I it vJl: i , t l S i : f r, i i i : s a ! ! : ! , 1... ... I : .:. : 1 - .v . J Our study in contrasts continues; the above bedroom is tastefully decorated in Utah County. The one to the right, from the ninth floor of the City & County Building in Ogden is nothing better than a cell. When the children are brought to Provo, they are given clean jeans, shirts, and underclothing; their clothes are washed in the very adequate ade-quate laundry. They take a shower and are issued house shoes. This is also done for the girls. When your reporter visited, the girls were busy fixing their hairdos with the aid of Mrs. Sorenson. y i - v. - . j staff Photos This photograph shows another section of the lounge looking toward the front entrance. The boys and girls do the cleaning and dishwashing and enjoy the use of the lounge under supervision, never more than two at a time. The back door is not locked. They "know this. There has been only on runaway since the first of the year. |