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Volume III; Number VI

CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

December 15, 1963

 

 

ADMINISTRATION

The Honorable BERT To OOMBS, Governor
WILSON'W; WYATT9 Ltc Governor

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIO NS

 

JOSEPH Go CANNONQ Commissioner

MARSHALL SWAIN» Deputy Commissioner

‘ or. HAROLD BLACKS. Director of Institutions
W; Z° CARTER, Director of Education

BOARD OF PARDONS 8c PAROLES

 

Dre FRED MOFFATT, Executive Director
WALTER FERGUSON, Chairman

SIMEON WILLIS.9 Member

ERNEST TH OMPSO N9 Member

Mrs. LUCILLE HURTS Member

PENITENT IARY WINTSTRATION

 

LUTHER ’JHOMAsg Warden

LLOYD ARMSTRONG9 Deputy warden

Wo T. BAXTER, Captain of the Guard

Revo HOUSTON E; INMAN, Protestant Chaplain
Reva THOMAS CLARK, Catholic Chaplain
HENRY E3 COWAN, Supervisor of Education

WILLIAM EGBERT, Vocational Instructor

 

IN THIS MON'JI'I'S CASTLE:

 

Deputy Warden's Page

IN MEMORIUM

Castle News

Chaplainsfl Corner

Editorial

FLOOD AT FRANKF‘ORT PRISON
The story of the '37 flood
as written from eye-witness
accounts

Exchange Page

Tall Tales

Department Reports

LETTER ’10 THE EDITOR
Statistics & Movies

The Castle laughs

 

CA3 TlE S TAFF

Lawrence Snow, Editor

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Harold Arnold, Associate Editor

James McKinney, Art Editor

John Busby, Multilith Operator

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DEPUTH‘ WHRDEN S PFIGE

WHY AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

 

BY DEPUTY WARDEN LLOYD ARMSTRONG

on the 22nd day of Novemberg 19669 the
; President was killed by‘ a sniperls
bulleto Along with 180 million other
‘erioans and a great many foreigners” I

am wondering whyo I would like to say
. thisz all of the excitement of the
i la assassination of the Presidentg at=

"Stempted assassination of the Governor of
Texasg the murder of the Dallas police=
man9 and finally the death of the assasm
§.sin of President Kennedy» has the whole
\ nation and the biggest part of the world
' in a state of confusion0 I wonder if
§banyone could answer why Oswald assassi=

hated the Presidents or ‘why he killed
hm Dallas policeman and attempted to
murder the Governor of Texaso

Today another killer shot and took the
life of the Presidentls assassins and
rmw all of us are wondering whyo we
will all admit it should have never hope
peneds and I think that all civic minded
Americans realize that it was caused by
extreme bitterness9 possibly the work of
a maniaco Rubyg a nightmolub operators
was it
because he had hate so deep inside of
him or because he 'was such a patriotic
American? I do not think it was because
'. he was a patriotic American» as patrim
otism does not include murdero I have

. heard one person sayg "Why did they take

Oswald to the hospital and attempt to
save his life?" The answer to that is
very simples it is the American way of
lifeo Oswa.1d was entitled to a fair and
impartial trial before a court of law

 

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and not before one man with a murder
weapono

What would happen if each American would
rsalize how close he lives to someone
who has so much hate in his heart for
anotherg and if it was not for the laws
0f the land
down like a beast? How many of us today
are willing to face facts? In case your

would go out and shoot him .

son or daughter came in and explained to
you that they had some type of runwin
with the police mm sayg for instance”
running a stop sign me how many of us
would take the side of the daughter or
son and how many of us would take the
side of the law? I am wondering if you
would be willing to look at both sides
honestlyo Will you be honest with your:
selfg or would a lot of us do like so
many of us do nowadays by making a lot
of false statements and trying to back
them up with a lot of alibis9 and make
them think it has to be right because
you said it was true?

The American newspapers get a big head=
ache from the public accusing them of
printing false statementso What would
happen if everyone who talks to a newsw
paper reporter told the truth instead of
a bunch of phony makewbelieve? Would it
help the newspapers to get closer to the
real story?

If we look at it simply and soberlya I
think we all would have to agree that we
have two madwdog killers in our headm
linesfl men with hate so deep inside them
they just could not go any further with:
out discharging their hateo The highest
offioial in the land was assassinated by
a madmdog killero In my opinion he did
'not need a reason to kill the President
or anyone @1360 He had to release his
hate on someones but now he is dead due
to another killery again I am wondering
“111ch

My friends» I think I am sure that all
Americans should stop and examine them»
selves and ask why this had to happen.
Why should good true Americans have to
die and families split up, be tortured
and punished» widows lofts such as Mrso
Kennedy and the policeman's wife” and
the Governor of one of our great states
in the hospital? All because a killer
is allowed to run loose in the streetsg
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The Prisoners Joinathe world in Mourning

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

Born May’299 19l7

Inaugurated as President of the United
States of America January 209 1961

Killed In the Service of His Country November 22‘9 1965

 

     

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ASSASSINATION NEWS RECEIVED HERE WITH SHOCKQ DISBELIEF; MANY JOIN IN NATION’S GRIEF

NOV° 22 we The news came here seconds before a Windstorm out off power to the
Kentucky State Penitentiaryg and only a few of the prisoners heard ito With all
radio and television sets silenced by the power failureg no one could be certain
that the rumors sweeping across the compound were anything more than thato Few
could believe diet the President9 very much alive aooording to earlier reports and
seemingly enjoying his Texas tours could be either wounded‘or deado

For almost an hour‘9 the power remained @ffo And even when the lights blinked back
on and the radio and television sets blared back to life we even after there
could be no doubt m— it was a hardy hard thing to believeo

But slowlya belief cameg and with it for most of KSPVS inmates» shock came tooo
One inmates his eyes reddened with emotiong nursed the assassin steadilyg
obscenelyo Others» less emotionalg tried aloud to understand the twistedg warped
thinking that could result in such an enormously wanton crimeo The utter sensee
lessness of the assassinations the thought of what it must mean to the Presidentgs
familys the incalculable loss to the nations all contributed to the sense of oute
rage and grief for many of us hereo

Not all of the inmates here were visibly saddened by news of the PresidentVS deatho
Yet a surprisingly large number who had outsPokenly condemned his policies were
among those who mourned himo And throughout the rest of the afternoon and the
nights hundreds of prisoners stood by to listen to the news of what weg t099
knew to be an international catastropheo

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TASK FORCE OONCLUDES- ITS woanWITH‘ REPORT 'I'URGING $11- MILLION CHANGES IN PRIso'Ns

NOVo 15 mm The GovernorVS Task Force on
Corrections concluded its lengthy diag=
nosis of Kentucky"s sick [prison system
teday “nth a comprehensive report that
urged removal of its cancers and a moon
sive transfusion of money and brains to
make it the healthys functioning organ
of correction it has never beeno

The cancersg said the report submitted
to . Governor Bert To Combos are
“partisian politics of the most damnable
kind" and inadequate fundsg according to
a Louisville Times storye Overcrcwded

deteri.orated poorlyestaffed institu:
tions that have "actually produced psye
chopathic personalities" have been the
resulto '

, An $11 million dollar building program
and the addition of 120 qualified works
ers to the Department of Corrections
were recommended to correct the correc=
tional systems the Times reported” and
the fourayear program proposed by the
Task Force has the backing cf the new
Commissioner of Correctionso

"I am completely in favor of everything
in the report, " said Commissioner Joseph
Go Cannons who assisted in its prepares
tiono

NEW BLOOD FOR CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS
The Task Force report recommended
properly qualified people be hired in
the following capacities:

1° At the Frankfort levels A statisti=
cal analyst and directors of inwservice
trainings medical servicesb education
and comunity relationso

20 A training officer for the Probation
and Parole Division and 12 additional
parole officers wifil at least 2 years of
college trainings

5a A training officer and an additional
associate warden at both LaGrange and
RddyVil 16 o

be A full=time for each

prisono

physician

50 Three psychologists for LaGrangeg l
hereo'

' 60 A chief social worker for the woe

menVs prisong 1 each for each male prism
on» 6 caseworkers for LaGranges h hereo

70 Ten qualified teachers for LaGranges
four hereo

8° Four vocational instructors eacho

90 A fullutime Catholic chaplain for
each prison and an assistant Protestant
chaplain for eacho

10. Three
grade the menus
paration of food.

fooduservice workers to ups.
and supervise the pro»

119 Additional prison guards we a total
Of )410

MERIT SYSTEM URGED: The report stressed
the importance of removing all correc=
tional workers with the exception of the
commissioner "completely and irrevocaa
bly" from politicso This must be donea
said the Task Force, if professionally
trained people are to be recruited and
kept "Rigid enforcement" of a "working
merit system" is necessary to accomplish
these goalss the Task Force emphasized.

But,9 it went ong the merit system should
be extended to key' positions only "at
such time as professionallybtrained
and/hr competent persons fill each
established positions' in the Opinion of
the commissionero"

TRAINING AND PAROLE NEEDS: 0f copecial
importance to an effective corrections
system are education, vocational trains
ing and parole, said the reports A comp
plete educational system through the
12th grades highuquality tradesatraining
courses and expansion of the prison in:3
dustries program =~ all under qualified
supervisors and 'teachers ~= are essena

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TO ALL OF YOU'EVERYWHERE, THE MEN OF KSP EXTEND
THEIR VERY BEST WISHES FOR A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND

A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

  
  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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tial to the success of the programo A
preliminary interview with the parole
board within 30 days of commitment for
the purpose of working out a reformation
plan, increased use of early paroles and
the termination of all sentences in
parole -~ even if only for a period of
months -~ were recommendedo A system of
pre-release centers a- apparently mod=
eled after the halfway house plan =w was
also urged» I

NEW BUILDINGS NEEDED; the
report said» includes

Task Force

1. Farm dormitories at each institution
to house a total of 550 meno

2. Three more forestry camps to house
minimum-security prisonerso

5.. Renovation of existing buildings at
LaGrange, poSsibly including the conver=

sion of some of the difficultctoa
supervise open dormitories into oell=
blocks.

h. The conversion of the LaGrange adm
ministration building into a reception“
diagnostic center.

5, A separate prison for young offend=
erso The report noted that almost 600
of the state“s prison inmates are under
21. Many of these young men have to be
housed in separate wings for protectiono

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It was also suggested that it be remem-
bered that Eddyville Prison, built
abnost 80 years ages will probably in a
very few years have to replacedo

OTHER CHANGES SUGGESTED included:

10 Issuance of toilet articles and
other necessities ,. soap, toothbrushes,
toothpastes razor blades and tobacco --
free of charge to ease the "pitiful
povertys even by institution standards"
of many Kentucky inmateso

20 Intensive treatment for seriously
disturbed inmatesa

3° Doubling of inmate wages from 8¢ to
16¢ a dayg with 5¢ automatically set
aside as a "going home" fundo K

be Incentive pay of up to 50¢ daily for
excellent works with, at least 15¢ set
aside for the release fundo

The Task Force on Correctionsg an unpaid
group which has given generously of its
time and experience on our behalf, is
composed of: Mo Ro Mills (Chairman), a
commonwealth attorneys Criminal Court
Judge Lo Re Curtis; Dro W; waiter Foxy
State Heepital superintendent; Dre
Arleigh Lincoln» professor of social
studies; Paul Oberstg professor of law;
Businessman George Stall; and common=
wealth attorney John Jo O9Harao ,

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 LARGER AND BETTER TRAINED STAFF KEY TO
PENAL REFORM, CANNON SAYS IN FRANIG‘ORT

ONE P'ESE‘ OF PROPOSED TOTAL BEFORE
PROGRAM ALREADY UNDERWAY IN INSTITUTION

 

NOV. 15 -— More correctional workers,
better trained and better paid, are
needed in both of Kentucky's adult male
correctional institutions, Commissioner
of Corrections Joseph G. Cannon told an
AP reporter two days before the Task
Force report was made public.

Cannon, himself holder of a master9s
degree, hopes to appoint an additional
associate warden at both the LaGrange
Reformatory and the Penitentiary here.
The new positions would call for a mas~
ter's degree in correctional work and
some experience in institutions. The
new men would be in charge of the re»
habilitation program, the recruitment of
prison personnel and inoservice training
of personnel.

The newlybappointed commissioner, veter=
an of lh years with Ohio's penal system
and considered to be the first ”none
political" appointee ever to hold the
top correctional post in Kentucky, also
called for:

l. A director of psychology and two
psychologists for both LaGrange and
EddyVi 1 16 o

2. A director of social service and 5
or 6 social workers for each prison.

3. Eight more academic teachers at
LaGrange, h or 5 more here.

h. Three or four more vocational teachm
ers at LaGrange, 2 or 3 more here.

A pay raise for prison guards and a
standard uniform are also wanted, said
the AP story. Guards presently start at
$266 a month. Cannon wants this raised
to about $300, with two pay grades
instead of the present one.

He said his recommendations would depend
on how much money is allocated to the
correctional system by the new Governor.
Edward "Ned" Breathitt, the Democratic
nominee, won the gubernatorial race in
November.

By the time you read this, at least one
phase of a total rehabilitation program
drawn up 12 months ago by a prominent
Kentucky psychiatrist should have gotten
underway.

"Total rehabilitation" is Dr. J.
wysocki9s term for a lOaphase project
aimed at treating the whole man in an
effort to restore him to useful citizenm
Ships

In the past, commented voluntary Prison
Psychiatric Consultant wysocki recently,
"rehabilitation" has meant nothing more
than allowing a man to train towards a
job skill =~ thus neglecting entirely
whatever basic causes may have existed
for his criminal behavior. Dr.
wysocki's plan, designed at the request
of Governor Bert Combs and the Depart»
ment of Corrections, aims to go beyond
this stage.

Because of personnel limitations and the
difficulties of treating the entire
prison population at once, the program
will be at first restricted to three
groups: first offenders under 25 years
of age, new commitments to the instituu
tion, and all prisoners scheduled to go
before the parole board within a year.
Eventually, the program will also be
extended to the entire population.

Using present personnel and whatever
additional personnel may become availaw
ble, the program aims to treat offenders
through the following phases:

1. A PHYSICAL PROGRAM, under the super=
vision of the physician, to correct real
and imagined medical problems. A physin
cal fitness program also comes under
this division.

2. A PSYCHIATRIC PROGRAM, to treat
three kinds of offenders: the psye
chotic, the neurotic, and those who have
behavorial problems which do not fall
into either group. "Commonsense" psya
chotherapy, drug therapy and electronic
therapy where indicated are the meanS.

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 3. PASTORAL COUNSELING, for those who
need and want religious guidance or ad»
vice of a kind a chaplain can give.

n. A MOTIVATION PROGRAM, for younger
offenders who need to learn to accept
themselves and to be accepted by others,
It is this phase of the program, to be
conducted by the prison chaplains, which
it is hoped will be underway for young
first offenders by December 10

59 A REwMOTIVATION PROGRAM for older
offenders who have in the past been
socially and morally motivated but who
need help to "find their way backe"

6. MARRIAGE-COUNSELING for married inn
mates who are having marital diffiw
culties.

7. A CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM, using much
the same material as is used in classes
for immigrants, for those who need this
type of training.

8. A SCHOLASTIC PROGRAM to provide
high-level academic training for those
who have not completed their education°

9. A VOCATIONAL PROGRAM to provide
trades—training that will be acceptable
to schools, unions and industrya

10. A PAROLE PROGRAM, wherein recommenp
dations will be made from all departs
ments at such time as it is believed the
inmate is ready for paroleo The parole
program will also include a carefully
worked out parole plan and adequate,
positive supervision in the community»

At the time this was written, a list of
some 150 young first offenders had been
compiled and preliminary interviews for
grouping the men into small classes had
already gotten underway.

MEN ON DEATH ROW NEED READING MATTER

 

The eight men on KSP's death row would
appreciate your old paperback novels and
magazines -- in fact, any kind of readm
ing matter, which seems to be in short
supply over there. Inmates wishing to
donate may leave books at the libraryo

—6~

YOUNG INMATE PASSES AWAY HERE

 

NOV. 9 -_ Donald Phillips, 28, died in
the prison hosPital last night. He had
a record of epileptic seizures.

An unmarried farm worker in civilian

life, Phillips was serving a 2lmyear
sentence imposed in McCreary County,
Kentucky9 for attempted robberyo

SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN KSP HOSPITAL

 

an inmate here needed
oxygen for a heart attack, it wasn't
available. The hoses on the oxygen
cylinder had rotted to the point of use:
lessness.

Not long ago, if

Now, however, although there is still no
oxygen tent in working order for those
requiring longer periods under oxygen,
there is a mask and hose available for
emergency useo In other ways, too, the
hoSpital has been improved during recent
monthso

Mrc Kevil Sellars, formerly of Paducah

but now living in Marion, is the new
officerwinwcharge of the hoopitalg and
he is proud of the changes that have
been made there. Among them are: re»
decorating and repainting of the inn

terior of the hospital; construction of
restraining cells for mental patients,
still not completed; new cabinets; a new
electric clock to replace the grands
father clock that was useless in taking
pulseSg a heater for the office.

Morale is higher.9 too, among the inmates
employed in the heapital, emphasized
Howard Garrison and Claude Dalton, first
aid nurseso Other inmates working in
the medical department include: Eldred
Huskisson, nurse; Richard Racine, 5
Cellhouse nurse; Herman Howard and
Charles Soules, dental technicians; Stan
Simpson, clerk and lab technician;
Buford McGinnis, John Cook, James LewiS»
Henry Kraus, Ernest Abbott and John
Lyons, janitors and orderlieso

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On September 1, 1959, a week after the
historic German-Russian neutrality pact

was signed, German panzers assaulted
Poland from three directions. Virtually
helpless against the attacking Nazis,
the Poles concentrated on defending

their eastern sector. On September 17,
Soviet tr00ps attacked from the rear.
The regular armies capitulated and
Poland was partitioned a few days later.

But resistance never ceased in Poland,
For 10 long days after the surrender of
the army, warsaw held out against seige.
And sometime during this period, the
famed Polish Underground am still fighta
ing today we was organized.

One of the organizers of the underground
was a soldier fresh from medical school.
Later, this soldier, Dr. J. wysocki, was
arrested by the Russians and sentenced
to death for his resistance activities.

After six weeks under sentence of death,
Nysocki found his sentence had been cut
to life imprisonment. He was transferred

to a concentration camp in Siberia
Where, after two years, he managed to
escape.

Successfully making his way across

Russia into Europe, Dr. wysocki joined
the British 8th Army as a medical offie
oer. He saw action in the African and
Italian campaigns, and when peace came
he resumed his medical studies, Spe=
cializing in psychiatry in Italy and
Britain. Finally, in 19h9, he came to
America to begin his career. ‘

Although psychiatry was born in Europe
and Dr. wysocki was licensed to practice
anywhere else in the world, his training
“as not recognized in the United States.
It was necessary, he was told, to go
back to school to study his Specialty
all over again. He did, studying in New
Jersey. Finally, doublyetrained, he ape
plied for U.S. citizenship and began
his practice. Three years ago, he bee
came Chief of Medical Staff at Hop=
kinsville's western State Hoopital.

For the last two years, Dr. wysocki {he
pronounces it wyeSOZwki) has been serv»
ing in a voluntary capacity as Psychiw
atric Consultant to the Kentucky State
Penitentiary. Part of the work he has
done here at the request of Governor
Bert Combs has been the designing of
a total rehabilitation program described
elsewhere in this issue, and the intern
viewing of men about to be released on
parole. He has also done preliminary
counseling work with small groups of in»
mates.

In some superficial ways, Dr. wysocki
resembles the ‘Hollywood conception of
the European psychiatrist. Although his
English vocabulary is surprisingly large
in view of the fact that he learned the
language "from my patients," as he puts
it, his native Polish accent is overlaid
with a British pronunciation. He Speaks
rapidly, volubly, occasionally hesie
tating for a fraction of an~ instant to
reach for a word. Introduced to members
of an inmate club, the slightlyebuilt,
SOwyearaold psychiatrist waved his hand
and cheerfully waggled his eyebrows bee
hind his glasses, looking for all the
world like Groucho Marx.

But there the resemblance to the cellue
loid professor ends. Talking to the
man, you are immediately impressed with
his tremendous mental energy and his

equally fgreat interest in the human
Species.
Asked about his unpaid status at the

penitentiary, he says, "That is the only
way. Every man has his hobby." He
talks of the dignity of man and his
right to seek happiness, and he obvious~
1y means it.

"For animals," he said to the inmates,
"it is enough to live. But humans must
have something to live for." He asked
the men to examine themselves with
courage and honesty. What did we want
out of life, and what had we accompm
lished?

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"Life is only once," he said. "Count
your years. How many have you left?"

After his address, the doctor submitted
to an interview for this magazine. we
talked at some length, but little of the
conversation was about him. Instead, he
directed the discussion to the program
that is in the making for the prison.

He listens keenly as he talksg his eyes
following the facial expressions and the
attitudes of the person talking with
him. Occasionally a phrase will cause
him to listen even more intensely, and
his facial exPression then is that of a
mechanic listening for sounds of trouble
in an engine. The impression he leaves
is that of a man who knows the intricate
pathways of the human mind as intimately
as any man can. Yet it is not an uncom-
fortable impression. For you also feel
that he is interested, understanding.
even sympathetic ... as could be expectu
ed of a man whose hobby is people.

HOPKINSVILLE‘CHURCHMEN SING, EAT, PREACH
AT EVANGELISTIC SERVICES IN KSP CHAPEL

 

NOV. 10 -~ Nine Hopkinsville churchmemu
bers and KSP's Protestant Chaplain Ho
E. Inman held evangelistic services in
the prison chapel and stayed to eat a

convictnstyle meal in the inmate mesSw
hallo
The special services were organized by

Joe Rose, prominent Hopkinsville busiw
nessman long active in' prison affairs.
in cooperation with Chaplain @mman. A
popular new quartet from the Second
Baptist Church in Hopkinsville provided
music for the special activity.

Earl Fuller, lead tenor. Leonard E26119
second tenor, Wallace Maddox. bass. and
baritone Fred Shelton sang in the quarw
tet, with Don Atwood filling in as bass
on two numbers. Atwood's father. Cliff.“D
accompanied the quartet on the piano.

Also present were "Big Bill" wells and
Billy Russell of the Methodist Church in
Hepkinsville.

The group lunched with the inmates later.

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SCREENS REMOVED FROM VISITING ROOM

NOV. 16 —- Inmates receiving visits from
their relatives today in ESP'S visiting
room, located in the hall of #h Cell~
house, were surprised to find that the
screens that formerly separated visitors
from inmates had been renovedo

SILENT SYSTEM ENDS IN KSP MESSHALL

 

NOV. 18 a- The messhall silent systema

in effect in the Kentucky State Penim
tentiary for generations, has been
ended.

Effective on this date. said a general
order issued today. talking in low tones
will be permitted. Before the order was
issued, absolute silence was enforced in
the messhall and in the line outside the
hall.

OVERDUE PAROLEES WANT WORK TO DO

 

Do you need a good hand? Want a truck
driver. a machine operator, a watch re-
pairman? Some overdue parolees8 who
can't leave until they find employment,
would like to work for you. You assume
no responsibility. so if one of these
men suits your requirements, why not get
in touch with him through the prison?

SAM COPELAND, 579 is 15 months overdue.
can go to a Sponsor or to a job. A fora
mer city bus driver9 he can also Operate
drill pressesg punch presses and small
band saws. is willing to go anywhere in
or out of Kentucky on any job.

FLOYD "DAGO" R113. 369 now 5 months
overdue. is an expert but selfwtaught
watch repairman with six years of pracw
tical experience. Unlicensed but willw
ing to work as an apprentice, Floyd can
also go anywhere in Kentucky.

CHARLES MATTINGLY, 119, is physically
fit. alert and personable. Now 5 months
overdue, he has worked as a truck driver
and drivgrmsalesman. will take any job
at all. full or part time. in the Louis-
ville area.

write to: Box 1289 Eddyvilles Kentucky.

 

 

 BREATHITT SAYS PRISON SYSTEM SECOND ONLY
TO EDUCATION IN BUDGET CONSIDERATION;
AIMS FOR "REDEMPTION, NOT RE‘TRIBUTION"

 

NOVO 20~v~~ As Governornelect Edward
"Ned" Breathitt sat down to two days of
briefings on the next biennial budgets
he commented to a Louisville Times rem
porter that he is "fully committed" to
the objectives of the Task Forces the
new State Commission on Correctionsg the
bar association and the people of Kene
tucky toward establishment of a real
preventive and rehabilitation programofi

The Democratic winner of NovemberVS
gubernatorial contest said the state
should "aim for redemption and not ret=
tribution in its prisons systemo" He
will take office January 100

Breathitt told reporter Dick Bergers who
earlier this year posed as a convict to
get an inside look at prison conditions9
that the needs of Kentucky‘s Department
of Corrections were second in his oping
ion only to the needs of the statels
educational systemo He commended Comm
missioner Joseph Go Cannon and the Task
Force for their recommendation that top=
level personnel be added to the Depart=
ment before largewscale building prc=
grams get underwayo '

ROOM TO BREATHE FOR KSP INMATES mm NORTH
YARD IS NOW' OPEN ON A LIMITED BASIS

 

A step was taken toward providing
breathing Space for inmates here with
the Opening last month of the north

yardo The large field to the north of
the walls.9 surrounded by a double wire
fence and protected by gun towers.9 was
opened two afternoons last month for
intra-mural football gameso Whether it
will in the future be opened for leg»
stretching as well as for athletics was
not announcedo
'?

Prior to the opening of the north yards
only a small, dusty "exercise ya 9 was
available to the inmates fare» utdoor
activities in the buildingwcluttered
main compound. The yards located be=
tween the laundry and cannery buildingss
is somewhat smaller than a standard

football field and only a few of the
llOOupluS men here could use it at any
given timeg The sense of crowding ocm
casioned by such limited outdoor Space
can over a period of years amount almost
to claustrOphobiao

Ac Ac STEERING COMMITTEE MEETS WEEKLY

 

Wayne 309 Chairman If KSPVs Alcoholics
Anonymous Hopeful Group, announces that
the A0 Ac Steering Committee will meet
each Saturday from 2 to 5 Po M0

The Steering Committee passes on appliw
cations for membership from the inmateso
Its purpose is to assure that only those
with genuine alcoholic problems are ads
mitted to the revitalized groupo

GOOD CHOW FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS

 

NOVo 27 mm The KSP kitchen announced to

the Castle today that turkey would be
the main course for Thanksgivingg with
baked chicken in all probability for

Christmaso The Thanksgiving menus
BAKED TURKEY & DRESSING
Snowflake Potatoes Giblet Gravy
Green Beans
Creamed Corn
CelerymCarrot Salad Cranberry Sauce
Lettuce

'6

Hot Rolls & Butter

Iced Layer Cake Milk & Coffee

 

HOLIDAY VISITING OKAYED FOR KSP

 

The visiting room will be open seven
days a week9 holidays includads accord»
ing to revised rules printed on the

penitentiary letterheado

Formerly visiting was not permitted on
legal holidays. The visiting room is in
#fl.Cellhouseo

-9.»

 

 

  

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REVo HOUSTON INMAN, PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN

 

Many people today find it impossible to
believe in a personal God. They do not
seem to have a conception of God which

they can honestly worship. I have
talked with a good many people who
either do not believe in God, or who
have given up faith in Him. In most
cases such people have thrown overboard
certain childish ideas of God, and have
found nothing to put in their place.
The thing that is necessary in advocat~

ing faith in God is to get people to
leave behind the childish and the inadea
quate, to look away from the distraction
and false values of this world and to
rediscover the living God.

It is my firm conviction that a person
must accept the revelation of God in
Jesus Christ if he is to discover a perm
sonal God. An individual may be moved
to wonder and awe at the Infinite Mind
behind all things but he cannot love,
worship and adore the Infinite God, who
is infinitely concerned with human be-
ings, until he accepts Jesus Christ for
what He claimed to be. It is only when
we see God expressed in a human being,
living under human conditions and limiw
tations, that the idea of worship has
any meaning.

Christians believe that this revelation
of God in a human being actually oc»
curred nearly two thousand years ago, in
the man Jesue Christ. That quiet inserm
tion of Himself into human history,
which we celebrate at Christmas is not
just a piece of pious legend. It is a
sober fact of history: Anyone with any
imagination at all can think of some God
of righteousness and power breaking

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@IRI

FATHER THOMAS CLARK, CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN

 

 

Most of us take pride in the belief that
we can do most anything if we really set
our mind to it. we do not stop growing
at the age of 18 or 21. We stop growing
physically, yes. But, un