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?s Monday, April 26, 1993 The Daily Collegian News/Feature — 7, 'Boot camp' program shapes up felons Jail overcrowding addressed though alternative program ■ By Michael Hughes Sports editor a better class ofldrug users and dealers?' V Instead of serving one to three years in the penitentiary, eligible Bay Area felons can enter San Quentin's ASP and be released after serving six months.'^During To help alleviate criminal re¬ cidivism, California is experiment¬ ing with a boot camp-style alterna¬ tive to standard penitentiary sen¬ tences, designed to prepare felons for productive, law-abiding, post- incarceration lives. TheAlternati ve Sentencing Pro¬ gram (ASP), housed on the grounds of San Quentin State Prison, is a five-year pilot program modeled after similar, incarceration alterna¬ tives in New York, Georgia and Arizona. San Quentin's program opened Jan. 19and the first extensiveevalu- ations of the program will be sub¬ mitted next May, nearly a year after the ASP's first graduating class, time enough to evaluate the program's effectiveness, said San Quentin spokesman Vernell Crittendon. The primary goal of the ASP and nearly 50 others'across America, Crittendon said, is to help get rid the problem of overcrowded jails by. curtailing potentially habitual criminal behavior. • The plan is (0 subject first-time felons to shock incarceration, teaching them to provide for them¬ selves and their families within the framework of the law, Crittendon said. 'Traditionally, the purpose of prison has been the secure con¬ finement, incapacitation and reha¬ bilitation of con victed felons," said Thomas Coughlin, commissioner of New York's Department of Corrections. 'That thinking has changed in New York. "We do not believe in rehabilita¬ tion, because one definition of re¬ habilitation is to restore and im- . prove its original state. Why would you want to use prisons to turn out EZ SESSSS Alex Haley's Queen Alex Haley S David Stevens Opening in (reland. Queen lollows Haley's Irish grandfather. James Jackson. Sr. lo the United Sw»es. where his son and. a strong-wi led slave woman bore a daughter, Queen. Haley's grandmother Alex Haley touched millions with Roots, tho stofy ol his maternal ancestors. Now Queen completes the tamily portrait •with a depiction ol the five interracial generations ot his lather's forebears (Biography! William Morrow ISBN: 0-688-06331-4 $25.00 General Book -■ Department I ^.278-4286 ing similar alternative sentencing models, drawing a blueprint of his own and lobbying to get it funded, he said. The 59-year old former Green Beret's vision ultimately material¬ ized when California's first incar- that time, they are drilled in mili- ceration alternative was imple- tary-style discipline and courtesy, mented at Pitches Honor Rancho, subjected to rigorous manual labor and required to attend structured work and education programs. The ASP is designed to accom¬ modate four platoons, each with 44 in¬ mates. When enter¬ ing the ASP, in ma les are in doctrinated to the program during Zero Week, when all head and facial hair is shaved, rid¬ ding them of their '"tough- guy facade," said tetired a 25-acre L.A. plot that houses 10,000 inmates in five jails. Los Angeles' Regimen Inmate Diversion (RID) program, how¬ ever, fell vic- tim to the state budget ax last year, after less than two years of operation. "When you watch the re¬ volving-door prison system long enough, you say this is stupid," Hart wcl I said. "It's go¬ ing , no¬ where." "I don't envision this as rehabilitation, because with my experience, rehabilitation doesn't work for adult felons. I see it as an education." — Richard Hartwell, LA. County Sheriff Lieutenant of $1.6 million of San Quentin's funds. Another $1.3 million was redirected from-the state's'parole program savings. The atmosphere of Zero Weekao San Quentin is similar to the initial days of the Marines, Crittendon . said. Mijitary courtesy, early rev¬ eille and rigorous physical activity set the Stage for a change in inmate attitudes and self-perceptions, Crittendon said. "I don't envision this as rehabili¬ tation, because with ray experi¬ ence, rehabilitation doesn't work for adult felons," Hartwell said. "I see it as an education. "You're taking people who have. never read, and teaching them how to read; people who have never known how to act are learning how to act. They never learned tofltake adult decisions and take adult re- sponsibFTiTy^lndThat s what gradu¬ ates of the program learn." First-time non-violent Bay Area. felons with sentences ranging from one to three years can apply for entry into the program if they meet the eligibility requirements: being younger than 40 and in good health. Eligible inmates are those con¬ victed, of first- or second-degree burglary, grand theft, petty theft See Boot camp, page 8 L A. County Sheriff Lieutenant Ri¬ chard Hartwell, who created asimi- lar, now-defunct program in L.A., and is currently the chief consult¬ ant to San Quentin's ASP. Hartwell spent 33 years working in the L.A.. Sheriffs office, with many of his later years spent study- Hartwell is now using his exper¬ tise to help San Quentin success¬ fully implement its ASP, which was made possible by the passage of Senate Bill 1164. The bill, voted into law last November, calls for $831,000 from the state's general fund in addition to the redirection Get the credit you deserve atTheteeaetL /■ California State University, Long Beach Summer Session 1993, Three Sessions • Over 1.300 classes offered May31-July9.JuDe2I-luly30, July 12-Augusl 20 ■ No formal admission to the University required MasteiCard accepted Units are nanslerrable Call for a free dau schedule: (310) 985-2360. or write to: University Extension Service*. CSTJ1B. 1250 Bellflowor Blvd. Long Beach. CA903404002 - SAND WIGH ON WHOLE WHEAT BUN > in ROAST BEEF ONLY OFFER EXPfRES MAY 14, 199^ OFFER GOOD ONLY AT THE CAFE
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Title | 1993_04 The Daily Collegian April 1993 |
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Title | April 26, 1993, Page 7 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Full-Text-Search | ?s Monday, April 26, 1993 The Daily Collegian News/Feature — 7, 'Boot camp' program shapes up felons Jail overcrowding addressed though alternative program ■ By Michael Hughes Sports editor a better class ofldrug users and dealers?' V Instead of serving one to three years in the penitentiary, eligible Bay Area felons can enter San Quentin's ASP and be released after serving six months.'^During To help alleviate criminal re¬ cidivism, California is experiment¬ ing with a boot camp-style alterna¬ tive to standard penitentiary sen¬ tences, designed to prepare felons for productive, law-abiding, post- incarceration lives. TheAlternati ve Sentencing Pro¬ gram (ASP), housed on the grounds of San Quentin State Prison, is a five-year pilot program modeled after similar, incarceration alterna¬ tives in New York, Georgia and Arizona. San Quentin's program opened Jan. 19and the first extensiveevalu- ations of the program will be sub¬ mitted next May, nearly a year after the ASP's first graduating class, time enough to evaluate the program's effectiveness, said San Quentin spokesman Vernell Crittendon. The primary goal of the ASP and nearly 50 others'across America, Crittendon said, is to help get rid the problem of overcrowded jails by. curtailing potentially habitual criminal behavior. • The plan is (0 subject first-time felons to shock incarceration, teaching them to provide for them¬ selves and their families within the framework of the law, Crittendon said. 'Traditionally, the purpose of prison has been the secure con¬ finement, incapacitation and reha¬ bilitation of con victed felons," said Thomas Coughlin, commissioner of New York's Department of Corrections. 'That thinking has changed in New York. "We do not believe in rehabilita¬ tion, because one definition of re¬ habilitation is to restore and im- . prove its original state. Why would you want to use prisons to turn out EZ SESSSS Alex Haley's Queen Alex Haley S David Stevens Opening in (reland. Queen lollows Haley's Irish grandfather. James Jackson. Sr. lo the United Sw»es. where his son and. a strong-wi led slave woman bore a daughter, Queen. Haley's grandmother Alex Haley touched millions with Roots, tho stofy ol his maternal ancestors. Now Queen completes the tamily portrait •with a depiction ol the five interracial generations ot his lather's forebears (Biography! William Morrow ISBN: 0-688-06331-4 $25.00 General Book -■ Department I ^.278-4286 ing similar alternative sentencing models, drawing a blueprint of his own and lobbying to get it funded, he said. The 59-year old former Green Beret's vision ultimately material¬ ized when California's first incar- that time, they are drilled in mili- ceration alternative was imple- tary-style discipline and courtesy, mented at Pitches Honor Rancho, subjected to rigorous manual labor and required to attend structured work and education programs. The ASP is designed to accom¬ modate four platoons, each with 44 in¬ mates. When enter¬ ing the ASP, in ma les are in doctrinated to the program during Zero Week, when all head and facial hair is shaved, rid¬ ding them of their '"tough- guy facade," said tetired a 25-acre L.A. plot that houses 10,000 inmates in five jails. Los Angeles' Regimen Inmate Diversion (RID) program, how¬ ever, fell vic- tim to the state budget ax last year, after less than two years of operation. "When you watch the re¬ volving-door prison system long enough, you say this is stupid," Hart wcl I said. "It's go¬ ing , no¬ where." "I don't envision this as rehabilitation, because with my experience, rehabilitation doesn't work for adult felons. I see it as an education." — Richard Hartwell, LA. County Sheriff Lieutenant of $1.6 million of San Quentin's funds. Another $1.3 million was redirected from-the state's'parole program savings. The atmosphere of Zero Weekao San Quentin is similar to the initial days of the Marines, Crittendon . said. Mijitary courtesy, early rev¬ eille and rigorous physical activity set the Stage for a change in inmate attitudes and self-perceptions, Crittendon said. "I don't envision this as rehabili¬ tation, because with ray experi¬ ence, rehabilitation doesn't work for adult felons," Hartwell said. "I see it as an education. "You're taking people who have. never read, and teaching them how to read; people who have never known how to act are learning how to act. They never learned tofltake adult decisions and take adult re- sponsibFTiTy^lndThat s what gradu¬ ates of the program learn." First-time non-violent Bay Area. felons with sentences ranging from one to three years can apply for entry into the program if they meet the eligibility requirements: being younger than 40 and in good health. Eligible inmates are those con¬ victed, of first- or second-degree burglary, grand theft, petty theft See Boot camp, page 8 L A. County Sheriff Lieutenant Ri¬ chard Hartwell, who created asimi- lar, now-defunct program in L.A., and is currently the chief consult¬ ant to San Quentin's ASP. Hartwell spent 33 years working in the L.A.. Sheriffs office, with many of his later years spent study- Hartwell is now using his exper¬ tise to help San Quentin success¬ fully implement its ASP, which was made possible by the passage of Senate Bill 1164. The bill, voted into law last November, calls for $831,000 from the state's general fund in addition to the redirection Get the credit you deserve atTheteeaetL /■ California State University, Long Beach Summer Session 1993, Three Sessions • Over 1.300 classes offered May31-July9.JuDe2I-luly30, July 12-Augusl 20 ■ No formal admission to the University required MasteiCard accepted Units are nanslerrable Call for a free dau schedule: (310) 985-2360. or write to: University Extension Service*. CSTJ1B. 1250 Bellflowor Blvd. Long Beach. CA903404002 - SAND WIGH ON WHOLE WHEAT BUN > in ROAST BEEF ONLY OFFER EXPfRES MAY 14, 199^ OFFER GOOD ONLY AT THE CAFE |