,
LANSING .- There are
$:\00.000 worth of floures­
c nt Ii hts iuing in the hase­
ment or it cell block in the
State Prison of Southern
Mi higan at Jac son. .
That" becau e th prison
-can 't afford to have union
electrician in. tall them.
The late Department of
Correction could afford to
have the light put up by
By Trab n Sborte
Capi/tll New Service
LANSI a-As Michigan's
gubernatorial race ne rs it
end. Gov. Blanchard' urb h
agenda has been rated by
urban official a in utficient'
but preferable to Sen. John
En lers. .
Health, education. un­
mploym nt and hou. ing arc
crucial concern' to
Michigan's urban center,
aid Legisla ti v Black
Caucu Chairper on el on
"
prisoner. who are Ie rning
Job and trade' skill . That'
what it would like to do, but
ccording to Robert Brown
Jr .• 0 tate corrections director.
the electrician" union "got
to the right people" and
lopped it from doing that. .
" The m 0 s t me ani n g f u I
j hi ng we can do ith
pri oncrs is teach them ho
to take care of a job." Brown
aid. "Two things that we 'vc
found in our re carc h that
Contln ed 0 P ae 13
,
Saunders, D-Detroil,
Saunder id neither can­
didate ha made n urb n
ag nda.
Saunders criticized
Engler' performance in the
gubernatorial debate held in
Traver e City. aying that
Engler's stance on hc alth
care wa. "arrociou ." •
ACCORD) (; TO
Sunder, Engler aid he
would lower health care co t
in .Detroit by reducing
phy ician liability for the un-
Corrections chief says
, .
I
,
By Trabl n horte
CapilalNewsServict Brown Jr., ay the average
citizen" attitude about
I.A SI a - Michigan Cor- pri ons mu t ch nge. i r there
rections Director Robert- is any hope for reducing
pri on co t and
population.
"The pr .blern with u
ociety i we think noihin
con titutc puni hmcnt but
pri: on or ails." Brown aid.
Mrchigan will pend S 0
million this year on pri
ul Brown aid it i . till
derfundcd becau e th n
ber of inmate i growin
quickly.
Jail cell need to be
re erved [or people who mu t
b i olated bccau: e they are'
physical dang r to the re t of
society, Brown aid.
Currently 'Michigan -ba a
pr.i on population of 3,000
people. Up to 90 percent of
I I
Co tI ued on P e-
o
o D troit Pub!"ic
Libr rie are open on Sun­
.' ._. <Jay .
. ;; .. There is no money to p y
the manpower the extra day,
aid Jean Curti, Detroit
Libr ry Commi sion direc­
tor, ho i DO tranger to the
pitfall in the Detroit Public
Librarie fin ncial situation.
r
o
Curti wa ued by
cruze n group for red uci ng
the hour of some branch
libraries to prevent from
going into a deficit.
She ucce fully closed
the libr rie during certain
time of the day [or two
month, but soon reopened
them after receiving a $1.2
million check rom Stale
Representative Morris Hood.
The law uit wa . dropped
by the group. Curti com­
mented that he knew of no
other director of Jibrarie
n tionwide who had le�al ac­
tion taken again 1 them for
trying to ork with fin n­
ci I cri i to avoid from fail­
ing into • deficit.
Monies going into the
public libraries either come
Co t" ed on Pa e 3
�mployed, lh reby reducing
msurancc co Is for doctor.
"I r� nd that to he an atro­
ei<?u. statement," Saunders
'd: "�hat. he i basi ally
yin I I [ yo U . r u n-
employed, your life i worth
Ie ."
Saunder aid Engler' in­
tentions to hoi tcr urban
economics by buildin "frce
cntcrprrsc ones" would not
wor cither.
"I ha ve no t ce nil u cd
cf cctivcly in the of
Michigan" S under aid.
"The Bent n Harbor fr e
enterpri. e zonc experiment
certainly has not yielded the
results expected, that' why
they needed an cxten ion."
SAU D RAID H.J
preferred Blanchard' olu-
tion over Engler' , but he i
not entirely ati ned i th
Blanchard' urban pi llorm
either. .
"Blanch rd, in my
opinion could c rtainly do
m�rc in term 0 tructuring
an urb n agenda," Saunder
aid. Conti ed 0 P e 2
