The Michigan Daily n-Thursday, May 21, 1981 Sixteen Pages Milliken order could free 900 prisoners A HAPPY ROBERT Tisch and a solemn Gov. William Milliken reflect the respective moods of Proposal A opponents and supporters following its sound -defeat Tuesday. Tisch, the Shiawassee Drain Commissioner, is already gearing up for a campaign to pass his new Tisch III tax plan while Milliken said he will try to devise a compromise plan to head off a severe Tisch cut. See story, Page 3. Michigan forest fire contained Hundreds of firefighters contained a wind-whipped forest fire late last night that raged through the northern lower penninsula and forced many residents to flee their homes. See story, Page 5. N0 SUSPCT IN EARLYMORNING ABDU LANSING (UPI) - Gov. William Milliken issued an emergency declaration yesterday which will free as many as 900 inmates in order to reduce the state's swollen prison population. Milliken's declaration came only hours after the state Corrections Com- mission officially certified - for the third time this year - that Michigan prisons have been packed 'beyond capacity for 30 consecutive days. THE ORDER - expected to free shout 900 prisoners by reducing their minimum sentences - was required under the 1980 prison crowding law, which recently passed a crucial court test. The commission certified that Michigan's prisons currently are about 237 inmates over capacity. The present population is 13,111, while the capacity limit is 12,874. The prisons have been over capacity for 69 days. State Corrections Director Perry Johnson said about 49 inmates have already been certified for parole and are simply awaiting the completion of final paperwork. He said the first prisoner probably will be released Tuesday. HOWEVER, Johnson said, most prisoners to be released will come from halfway houses, not institutions. "I think there is the impression among some that 1;000. hardened criminals are going to be released en masse from Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson tomorrow," Johnson said. He expected 500 to 600 will come from communitysprograms and 300 to 400 from prisons. TECHNICALLY, prisoners freed from halfway houses do not count toward alleviating overcrowding. However, their release will allow a group of inmates to be shifted from in- stitutions, thus cutting down the prison population in that manner, Johnson said. In its letter to the governor, the Corrections Commission said all ad- See MILLIKEN, Page 4 - Woman By ANN MARIE FAZIO A University employee was ab- ducted at gunpoint and raped near University hospital early Tuesday morning, police said yesterday, ad- ding that they have no suspect in custody. The victim, an aide in Hospital operations, was walking up the stairs of the Adult Psychiatric Hospital's back entrance at shortly before 7 a.m. when she was confron- ted by a man in his mid-20s, accor- ding to police. The assaif ant repor- tedly held a small barreled gun to her and ordered her to leave the building with him. THEY THEN walked down N. Hospital Drive and down a hill to a wooded area behind the Children's Psychiatric Hospital and the North Outpatient Building, police said. The victim had reportedly been. warned by her assailant that she would be killed if she tried to scream raped near Arb for help. She attempted to resist on- said. Hospital security was tripled, a ce, police said, and was choked night patrol and escort service were "nearly to unconsciousness." initiated, and perimeter patrolling was increased. AFTER THE attack, the victim fled the area, later finding herself at a gas station on N. Main. She then reportedly telephoned an off-duty policeman whom she knew. This has been the first rape on University Hospital property since 1973, according to hospital infor- mation officer Joseph Owsley. The assailant in that case was caught and is now serving a life sentencein Jackson State Prison. These are the only two rape incidents on hospital property in the past 10 years that Owsley was aware of. After the 1973 incident, the hospital stepped up security measures to insure safety, Owsley AS precautionary measures, all hospital doors are locked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., with the exceptions of the main entrance and the entrances to the emergency room and the Women's Hospital. Owsley said hospital officials are currently evaluating the situation to see if Tuesday's rape could have been prevented. Owsley said he believes the last changes made have been very effective considering the size of the area that needs to be patroled. It is too early to say what actions ABOVE IS A composite sketch of the man accused will be taken, Owsley said, adding of abducting and raping a University Hospital em- that they may make some unan- ployee early Tuesday morning. The police drawing nounced changes in patrol. was made from the descriptions offered by the vic- tim.