Article: 862 of sgi.talk.ratical From: (dave "who can do? ratmandu!" ratcliffe) Subject: incarceration of the sacredness of life promotes the darkness Summary: society's bankrupt mind-controlled belief in "positive" incarceration Keywords: boot camp prison, incarceration, correctional options, "security" Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:23:02 GMT Lines: 168 the belief in our culture that prison works--that incarcerating people is a solution--reveals the bankruptcy and lack of connectedness with the principles of sacred law and sacred life. below is a message from the u.s. just-us department. it's orwellianism is couched to the extreme with such phrases as: "boot camp prison," "periodic mandatory drug testing," "correctional options programs for youthful offenders," "community based incarceration," "weekend incarceration," "electronic monitoring," "intensive probation," "incorporate military training principles, discipline," "Bootstrap Partnership Program," "highly regimented and disciplined environment," "highly disciplined and regimented secure facility" this iron boot heel/fist approach is NOT going to "solve `the problem'". until and unless we reconnect with the timeless way of life that embodies *genuine* community, mutual support, sharing, and understanding about common land, common air, common water, common and for ALL--then sadly we will continue to experience--collectively as well as individually--the kind of misdirected energy devoted to euphemisms for the experience of disconnection, isolation, alienation, passivity, confusion, and addiction --euphemisms like "correctional options programs for youthful offenders" or twisted doublethink like "community based incarceration, weekend incarceration, electronic monitoring and intensive probation combined with educational, drug treatment, job training and health services" as if this will somehow "balance things out" and promote "justice". there can no longer be the perpetuation of anachronistic "way of life" concepts like "private ownership" of resources such as land, water, minerals, or plant life; of selling land. the holistic perspective of nature perceived as "being" and of humans seen as part of nature has an inherently healing and re-centering/re-connecting energy within its awareness. "chiefs" must not have any coercive power, decisions MUST be based on a true consensual process involving EVERYONE. decentralization must be enacted with the power residing primarily in community, among people. extended families offer connection and belonging to all-- grandparents and their grandchildren symbiotically involved/living together help and nourish each other. REVERE THE OLD PEOPLE--THEIR WISDOM IS INVALUABLE. view the entire world as alive: plants, animals, people, rocks. humans are not superior, but an equal part of the web of life. reciprocal relationship with non-human life. spirituality must be re-integrated with all aspects of daily life. measure time by awareness according to the observance of nature. base all decision-making consensually arrived at in terms of what impact will this have on the seventh generation of our descendants yet unborn? choices and decisions made with this long-termed viewpoint must ALWAYS be adhered to as the governing ethic. -- ratitor Article: 8040 of misc.activism.progressive From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu Subject: "Boot Camp" Prisons for Youthful Offenders Date: 13 Oct 92 02:40:03 GMT Lines: 101 Here is a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Department Of Justice Awards $11 Million to Support Correctional Options Including Boot Camp for Youthful Offenders To: National Desk Contact: Chris Rizzuto of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 202/307-0703 or 703/525-1792 (after hours) WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the awarding of over $11 million by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the Department's Office of Justice Programs, to support projects in seven states which will demonstrate correctional options programs for youthful offenders. These include community based incarceration, weekend incarceration, electronic monitoring and intensive probation combined with educational, drug treatment, job training and health services. Attorney General Barr said, "Today the rate of juvenile crime is continuing to increase, and this increase is driving much of the general rise in violent crime we are seeing. For example, between 1965 and 1989, the arrest rate for juveniles for murder almost tripled. One thing is clear: if we are going to deal effectively with violent crime in general, we are going to have to improve the way we deal with juveniles. "Our juvenile justice system needs to do two things better: First, it has to be better at intervening early enough to divert troubled youths away from a career of crime. Second, it has to be more effective at identifying and dealing with the chronic offender who has embarked on a career of crime. I believe these programs will help reform the juvenile justice system," he added. Funding levels are as follows: Three recipients, the Florida Department of Corrections, the Maryland Department of Correctional Services, and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, were each awarded $2,470,000; the Alameda County, California Probation Department was awarded $1,950,000, to develop and implement programs incorporating a wide range of correctional options for youthful offenders. Three other recipients, the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff's Office, the St. Louis, Missouri Medium Security Institution, and the Kentucky Department of Corrections were each awarded $420,000 to develop and implement boot camp prison programs. And $399,904 was awarded through the Department's National Institute of Justice to the San Francisco based National Council on Crime and Delinquency to conduct evaluations of these efforts. -- The Florida Department of Corrections will implement a program entitled Drug Punishment Program, aimed at youthful offenders 14 to 21 years of age who have been convicted of non-violent drug related crimes and who are in need of drug rehabilitation, and for whom less restrictive drug treatment programs have been ruled out. The program will require several months in a secure residential setting followed by additional time in a non-secure facility for transition back to the community. The program will provide an array of social and educational services and include periodic mandatory drug testing throughout the period. Programs will be established in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties; the cities of Sarasota, Tampa and St. Petersburg; and at locations within the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 13 th Judicial Districts. -- The New Hampshire Department of Corrections will establish a program entitled Prescriptive Alternatives to Traditional Housing which will be comprised of three new facilities, including a post-release facility, all located at the State's Lakes Region Facility in Laconia. The New Hampshire program, which will target offenders 18 to 30 years of age, will encompass a number of highly supervised intermediate sanctions including a modified boot camp program and pre- and post-release social, educational and substance abuse services. -- The Maryland Department of Corrections will establish a program entitled "A System of Sanctions for Youthful Offenders." The program consists of a state-wide program of intermediate sanctions including Boot Camp Prisons, regimented housing, day reporting, and electronic monitoring. The program, which will incorporate mandatory drug testing and post-release services, will target offenders 16 to 30 years of age. -- The Alameda County Probation Department, awarded $1,950,000, will target youthful offenders 18 to 29 years of age for a program entitled Intermediate Sanctions for Drug Using Youthful Offenders in the Form of a Drug Abuse Control Center. This program is a highly supervised day reporting program which will be offered as a condition of probation or deferred prosecution. Through the center, offenders will receive a variety of services including treatment. Participation will also require mandatory drug testing. Programs undertaken by Cook County, St. Louis and Kentucky will establish secure boot camp facilities combining discipline and social support. -- The Cook County Sheriff's Office will establish the Cook County Boot Camp which will serve non-violent offenders ages 17 to 24 years of age. The program will incorporate military training principles, discipline, and methods to instill responsible behavior and self-esteem combined with substance abuse treatment, educational and job training services. -- The St. Louis Medium Security Institution will target offenders ages 17 to 25 for its Bootstrap Partnership Program. Again a highly regimented and disciplined environment will be combined with educational, social and job training services. -- The Kentucky Department of Corrections will establish a 50 bed boot camp prison facility at the Roederer Correctional Complex in LaGrange under its Youthful Offender Boot Camp Program. This facility will house offenders between the ages of 18 and 26 in a highly disciplined and regimented secure facility which will also offer an array of social, educational and job training services. -- "I lean on what I learn about our guidelines as to how we should live. And the bottom line is always respect. It is what causes you to think about not hurting or bringing about suffering to any living thing." --Audrey Shenandoah, Onondaga