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. carceration - even though it
, can't be used for all types of
prisoners, Hatchett . d ..
.I 0 offende prisoners
sel'Ying life sente ces or drug
de ler are. given electronic
monitormg, said Dick Irrer,
field bureau services manager.
Some sualtive prisoners
and property offenders re
electronically tethered, but are
carefully screened, Irrer said.
Electronic tethering is an
option so ly at the discretion of
, the judge,· Irre . d.
The largest" portion of
priso on the system have
bee released through correc­
tio centers - also known
�- yo·
r . d there are about S80
probationers 0 e tethering
system d abo 30 who are
pending parole. .
Michigan ha the largest
electronic tethering system in
the tioa, Irre said
Electronic tethering beg
in Michig n in 1986 in
Washingtenaw County, noted
Lou Chappell, public informa­
tion pecialist for the Depart­
ment of Correctio . .
Chappell . d 1.5 percent of
15039 W. 8 II Rd
Detroit, MI 48235
people on tethering are ar­
rested fo new felony and 4.2
percent escape.
'The .number are lower
than similar offenders in the
community ho aren't
tethered," Chappell said.
Electronic tethering works
by y of a self-contaiDed bat­
tery operated device attached
to the persons' ankle.
"It's about the � of a pack
of cigarettes and weighs 4.5
ounces," Chappell said.
The device sends signals to
the house' electronic field­
monitoring device and ends
the signals to a host computer
via telephone lines.
The h computers are in
Detroit, Flint and Gran
Rapids, Chappell said.
When the person lea the
house, the indication of depar-
ture and time are to .
the computer.
Any attempt to tamper with
the deviee i recorded -th the
time, Chappell . d.
The computer also records if
a prisoner di connects the
telephone line.
There have been no major
equipment flaws although the
system is somewhat ne , said
Hatchett, community projects
evaluation supervisor.
Hatchett admit , however,
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that research on 0 should be
put on tethering i n't com­
prehensive.
Some judges are reluctant
to put prisoners on the system, •
Hatchett said
'There have been a few in­
stance of people on the system
committing crime ... some of
them are violent crime ,
Hatchett said.
Hatchett said the correc­
tions department's Policy posi­
tion is that electronic tethering
is a feasible alternative for first­
time offenders and for selected
others.
Dear Editor:
I am a professor of history
the University of Kansas, and
the boo which I am now writ­
ing may be of interest to some of
your reader . Funded by the
National Endownment for the
Humanities and scheduled for
publication next year, this boo
de with American children's
experience on the homefront
during the Second World War.
The.child's perspective sel­
dom appears in history. This is
especially true for African­
Americans now in their fifties,
their childhood experience
during were onl
crucial importance then, but
have remained influenti I
throughout the' lives.
I want to write about
African-American girls and
boys. This was a time when sol­
dier f ers were absent from
the family and when· mothers
went to work in factories. It was
a time, sadly, of race riots, such
as in Detroit and Los Angeles in
1943. My book will explore race
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palled at their 1990 assess­
ments.
The co-chairpersons of the
To Meeting will be Philip G.
Smi�, a community college in­
stru tor, and Edward Vaughn,
b:7;ssman and former state
leei tor.
AFcording to Smith, there
are � �umber of questions that
are being raised by the citizenry
in th� wake of the new assess-
relati ns among children, and it
will deal with African­
American children's contribu­
tion to the war effort in
sera -collection and bond
dri . The book, finall , will ex­
amin the wartime hopes and
fear of African-Amrican
chil 0, some of wbi people
from . generation have car-
ried . th them into 19905.
Th are me of lh;e topics
I will be addressing. But to do
the jo right, I would likq to hear
from African-Americans born
durin the years fr m �933 to
1945, ho have stories to tell
bou theri liv s on the
home 0 1. You ca wri e me at
the a ess listed. low, or you
can s nd me n audiotape
recor ing with you m mories
. on it. I will hav the tape
transcribed and wil send you' a
typed transcript ,s well as
retrun your tape.
Thank you for
Write me c/o Depan
tory, Jfesco Hall,
sit)' l!/i_Kllnsas, La
sas 66045. William
Profes or of History
Kansas.
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PAC a..; ,
me among which is e pos­
sible need for a referendum to
limit the level of annual in-
· creases;
Vaughn indicated that he
believes an unfair bur en is
being placed on Detroit proper­
ty owners who have been for-
· tunate enough to manintain
their homes.
"After all," stated Vaughn
"the city officials seem to forget
that the average income for a
Detroit resident is just over
$13,000 a year - while city offi­
cials receive in excess of$60,{XX)
a year for a part-time . ·00,
as well such fringes as city
cars, etc. While city officials
might be able to afford such in­
creased in their essments,
m t of citizens are operating
on very tight budgets, and simp­
ly c nnot afford these in­
creased."
The Michigan Progressive
Democratic Organization i an
issues oriented group com­
mitted to increasing citizen par­
ticipation through town
meetings, symposiums, semi­
nars, and rkshops. It is the
group' belief that e existing
· patterns of 10 voter turnouts is
directly related to the -I of
voter awareness of the issued.
Property owners and com­
munity organizations interested
in participating in the Town
Meeting can call 342-1871 for
- additional information.
Did you k�ow?
By R. th n I '[ ylor
DID YOU OW - that the
latest Ce us Bureau estimate
places the number of Americas
at 250 million peopl making
this th fourth m t populous
nation in the world. The larger
Dati ns are China (1.1 billion) ;
India (833 million) and the
Soviet Union (289 million).
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