Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1981)
ii V ifySsf*? Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1981 /MSC AGGIE CINEMAS £24-^4-^ t John Steinback's ^ "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" Starring Federal judge orders TDC reforms United Press International HOUSTON — A federal judge, curtly rejecting the Texas attorney general’s request for delay, Mon day issued a sweeping final order in the 9-year-old Texas prison re form case requiring the nation’s largest prison system to double its ratio of guards to inmates and to give many prisoners separate cells. U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice of Tyler, Texas, who in an emotional 248-page opinion last December found the Texas Department of Corrections guilty of massive violations of in mate rights, specifically ordered TDC: — to reorganize its 17 prisons into administrative units of no more than 500 inmates each; — to build no new prisons more than 50 miles from cities of at least 200,000 without proof of an area work force sufficient to supply one guard for every six inmates; — to expand inmate parole, early release and furlough prog rams to the maximum allowed by state law, immediately reducing TDC’s population of 30,000 mates; — to change disciphnary pro ceedings to protect inmate rights, give inmates full access to the courts, and comply with all state fire, safety and health codes. Justice, who already had approved a partial decree in which the state agreed to improve health care and make other changes, completed his orders to the state with Monday’s 26-page final de cree. He also appointed a special master, Toledo, Ohio, lawyer Vin cent M. Nathan, to work out the details and make sure the state complies. Justice ordered the state to deposit $150,000 with the court to cover Nathan’s costs and his $95-an-hour fee. Attorney General Mark White blasted Justice’s order as an un warranted expansion of constitu tional requirements that would cost Texans “billions” of dollars. He said he will file an emergency appeal with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. “We’re not required by the constitution to build hotels for prisoners,” White told reporters. “You’re talking about several bil lions of dollars, maybe three or four billion dollars just for prison construction. The court didn’t appropriate any money today.” Justice set a Nov. 1, 1983 dead- fine for the state to reduce its over all inmate population to the num ber of cells plus the number of inmates who can be housed in dor mitories allowing 60-square-feet of space per inmate. By Aug. 1; 1983, Justice ordered, every in mate kept in a cell must have his or her own separate cell. TDC cur rently keeps many inmates three and four to a cell. Justice also ordered the state to hire enough guards to increase its guard-to-inmate ratio from the current one guard per 11 inmates to one guard per six inmates by Nov. 1, 1982. The national aver age is one guard per five inmates. The judge also forbade the use of inmate enforcers to keep order, a practice the state never admitted but which Justice said was proved in court. It was not immediately clear what effect Justice’s order would have on TDC’s plans for a new prison near Navasota in Grimes We Gets What Ya Likes In The Way Of Bikes! Takara - Ross - Campagnolo Cinelli - Shimano and much more Etc. * of' presents Frank Cricchio O <*> s NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHER WORKSHOP U7/2 u^> in <z/^ oon2 21 /I.; cy7 time: 2:30 Tuesday April 21, 1981 place: Room 228 MSC % cr o % G MEETING Cuca^i time: 7:30 tuesday April 21, 1981 place: Room 228 MSC O — for more information call MSC CAMFRa % 845-1515 or ED MARTINEZ at 775-6655^ LO 2 £ % V VH3WVO 0<s* .St* r? County, more than 50 miles from the nearest large city, Houston. Nathan presumably will consider whether that plan complies with the order. White appeared personally be fore Justice Monday to appeal for a 30-day delay in issuing his final decree. White said Reagan admi nistration officials in the Depart ment of Justice had agreed to reopen negotiations for settle ment of unresolved issues in the White said: “I would ask the court to permit this additional time with the view that although there may not be any additional compromise, the effort should be made. I would urge the court to accept this in the attitude in which it’s made, that is with good faith effort to reach some agreeement. ” Attorney William B. Turner of San Francisco, representing plaintiff inmates in the case, ob jected strenuously. “I want to express as seriously as I can our opposition to any further delay in this case,” Turner said. “I represent 30,000 extreme ly patient clients who have been living, the court has found, in cruel and unusual conditions.” Turner said he doubted further negotiations would result in meaningful agreement and said, in any case, negotiations would continue pending the state’s in evitable appeal. The judge agreed with Turner. “Negotiations can go on during the entire course of an appeal,” Justice said. “I don’t see any reason why negotiations should stop. ” Turner told reporters the order “is going to cost the state some money, but that’s what it takes to have a constitutional system.” Turner said a change in penal phi losophies reducing prison popula tions would in the end save tax payers money. Clements wants quick case appe United Press In jerty-a of Price Dan lay the forme: once said [ting the use ol apply to him. David Parker’s )aniel Murf ig her siste aother whi aniel’s dead rker, the hi el’s first com |“angr>' and day afternoo United Press International _ ^ AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements said the state should appeal wing the bitterci all haste” a federal judge’s decision requiring Texas to provide si jqe and Price E cells for each of its prison inmates by 1983. ool boys, Franl Clements, who is in Washington for a meeting Tuesday withl all , r' ce IV, I. Department of Justice officials concerning the prison suit, issirf statement through his Capitol office after Judge William Waj| Justice refused the state’s request for a 30-day delay. “I am, of course, disappointed that Judge Justice denidl! state’s request to delay his final decree in the Ruiz case for30daw| Clements said. “I had hoped for more consideration by thecourt| our good faith efforts to reopen settlement negotiations withtl U.S. Justice Department. The judge ignored our attempt to read| reasonable compromise, but I suppose that should come as t surprise. “We need to appeal this case with all haste.” Clements said he will meet with U.S. Attorney General Will French Smith at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the prison case. “I sincerely hope that our Texas attorney general is movingUl speed with the appeal process and that he is retaining outsidf counsel as has been requested by the Board of Corrections,”! ments said. “I remain convinced that our Department of Corrections isonea] the finest in the country, and I am confident that we will prevailii the higher courts. ” ®LLAS — Both Clements and the Board of Corrections have suggestearge Bush, Attorney General Mark White hire outside counsel to assist indfliistration’s appeal of the case, but White has refused that request and accmeije of Presiden the governor of attempting to interfere with operations of his offiff |fprogram, se leasures ; iocratic Pa imitatioi Another victim die from grain explosioi United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI — The powerful series of explosions that ripped through a grain elevator ffiLOUPOT'SH BOOKSTORE -jH^ese subsl jduce spendir md like the ttjl is they a: jjl poor ones £ jan address at [iUmversity. April 7 killed another workerkl^ e differ Sunday, bringing the death tolf’ ’ s eight. Han is one Elevator employee Jose P co, 42, died late Sunday in ar< rial Medical Center’s bum or ‘ ei where he was taken after thebksJ ran S e ec ' at the Corpus Christi Public El* , P res jd vator, suffering from face, ckfi™ s P en di arm and leg bums. At Nprthgate Across from the Post Office WE BUY BOOKS EVERYDAY! dget have 1 |ch oppositi Three other victims reraai:|his tax cut hospitalized in critical conditior) percent re including one in intensive care, bears — appe least 32 people were injured in tin Bush toda explosion at the elevator, oneoipinistratior the cleanest in the country. >1130 percen A hospital spokesman saidr ^ was common for the condition«1. AND GIVE 20% MORE IN TRADE ON USED BOOKS! , ... f T^ffibythepr bum victims to worsen alter 11) I; on ^ ^ 12 days. Don’t forget YOUR Aggieland ’80 rease in our Many Der 0 percent ta: tonary, have lerimental Available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Room 216, Reed McDonald Building Bring your ID card (i Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods Each Daily Special Only $2.13 Plus Tax. “Open Dally” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:OOP.M MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FOR YOUR PROTECTION OUR PERSONNEL HAVE HEALTH CARDS FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET wrTARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Yankee Pot Roast (Texas Salad) Mashed Potato w/ gravy Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee (“Quality Firsf’i SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROASTTURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Com Bread - Butter - Coffe.orTea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable I B r ! F T C 0t 0i Ft I r= L.. r~ 3