Carter: Legal system w (Continued from Page 1) and social effects of strip-mining and other efforts to develop energy resour- ces. In his address to the bar association, Carter said the United States needs more women and minority judges, fewer and shorter lawsuits and more legal aid for poor and middle-income persons. HE ALSO called on lawyers to slow down their fee increases as part of his voluntary 'anti-inflation program and called for "free and open competition" in setting fees and advertising them. Carter observed that lawyers often have attempted to thwart civil rights and economic justice, have been responsible for long delays in court proceedings and have tended to favor the rich over the poor. "I have inspected many prisons and I know that nearly all inr from the ranks of the p poor. A child of privi receives the benefito child of poverty seld President said. CARTER URGED C speedily in passing criminal code. And he and public intoxica decriminalized to reli courts for more import The President den collar criminals who; consumers of million corrupt the governm these big-shot crooks consequences of theira Carter also said ther trend" toward police Mexican-American cii Houston case in which were sentenced to one; the death of a prison The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 5, 1978-Page 21 minadequate mates are drawn which the Justice Department has in- iwerless and the tervened. ilege frequently of the doubt; a "HARASSMENT must stop and my loin does," the administration will do what it can to see that it does," he said. Carter said he is ordering special ef- ongress to move forts to find more women, blacks and a new federal Hispanics to be nominated to federal e said vagrancy judgeships. "Of the 525 federal judges, tion should be only 20 are black or Hispanics and onl4 eve overworked six are women," he noted. ant cases. While here, Carter also planned to nounced white- visit Watts - the black community he said, cheat plagued by riots 10 years ago. He was s of dollars and also scheduled to fly later to Portland, .ent. "Too often Ore., for a regional news conference escape the full and an overnight stay in a private acts," he said. home. e is a "disturbing California Gov. Edmund Brown, con- e harassment of sidered one of Carter's potential tizens. He cited a political rivals, and Los Angeles Mayor three policemen Tom Bradley, greeted the President on year in prison for his arrival at Los Angeles International ner - a case in Airport. 4 Plymouth ContnuedfromPage 1) staff-resident ratio down to a 1 to 4 level during the day shift and a 1 to 8 level on midnight shifts. The committee also applauded Provitt's policy of reviewing residents to identify those who are unable to care for themselves and require placement in a more protected location within the institution. "THE COMBINATION of more staff, smaller groups and reassignment of passive residents to more protected set- tings hopefully will significantly reduce the number of resident injuries," the report said. The task force stated it concurred with the Bishop Panel's recommen- dation to clearly distinguish between abuse and neglect. They also distinguished between different degrees of abuse, involving:serious physical injury, and verbal attacks. It recommended that the DMH place top priority on the most serious cases of abuse. While the task force concluded that "allegations of abuse and neglect were not promptly or adequately reported or pursued," the report did not mention any widespread attempts to cover up the abuses. "OUR PRELIMINARY investigation has not found evidence of any organized concealment or coverup at the Plymouth Center or within the Depar- tment of Mental Health," the report said. The committee also stated that more money is required to fund efforts aimed at ending the abuse problem. It referred to a federal district court or- der which called for a monitoring committee to be established at Plymouth and said the implementation of the order demands "additional ap- propriations and expenditures". The committee mentioned a DMH estimate which shows 2.5 million dollars are needed annually to fund the court order. Also, the additional annual cost of statewide implementation of the Bishop Panel's recommendations is estimated at $65 million per year. THE TASK FORCE said a "more comprehensive and detailed plan to in- volve the participation of parents of mentally retarded persons is not only essential in the prevention of abuse and neglect; but also in the proper care of the mentally retarded." The members recommended several activities, ranging from additional meetings between parents and Plymouth administrators to extensive teaching programs for the parents, to "provide lesrning experiences for their child." A spokesman for the Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) said yesterday she was esseo- tially pleased with the committee's recommendations but stressed that many of them were too vague. "In one place it says that parents report out should be invited from time to time to various meetings held by institutional employees to promote an open com- munication between staff and parents. I wonder how long 'time to time' means," said PARC member Sandy McGuire. 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