Officials review prison riots UPI-Officials interviewed inmates and officers at Jackson prison, and the Marquette County prosecutor's office filed paperwork from 141 felony charges against inmates of last month's prison riots. Gov. William Milliken's riot task force viewed the wreckage from last month's uprising at Southern Michigan prison in Jackson-the world's largest walled prison. THE GROUP ALSO questioned Warden Barry Mintzes, his deputy Elton Scott, elected inmate representatives, and members of the Michigan Corrections Organization. The governor's nine-member task force, headed by former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Lindemer, was appointed to conduct an impartial study of the riots which hit the state prisons at Jackson, Ionia and Marquette May 22 and May 26. In Marquette, the prosecuting attorney's staff waded through the reams of paperwork and files associated with the 141 felony charges brought against 127 Marquette inmates in connection with The MichiganDaily-Friday, June 5; 1981-Page 11 the May 26 riot. THE WARRANTS, authorized Wednesday by chief assistant prosecuring attorney David Peter- son, included 104 charges of rioting, 15 charges of assaulting corrections officers, 18 charges of in- citing to riot and four charges of possession of weapons. Nine inmates were charged with more than one offense. Spokesman Paul Maynard said prisoners at the Marquette prison, which houses the state's most dangerous felons, remained locked in their cells and were not allowed out for meals or usual recreation time, while corrections officers complete searches of individual inmates for weapons. Prosecutors in Jackson and Ionia counties said no warrants have yet been issued for inmates involved in the riots at the Southern Michigan Prison and the Michigan Reformatory. Spokesmen for the state Department of Correc- tions and the state police department said in- vestigations are continuing at both facilities to iden- tify those prisoners who are liable for felony charges. Facility 'far cry'from Jackson (Continued from Pagel) security prisoners all at one institution. Kime said under such a system a per- son convicted of a crime would be sent to a smaller facility close to their home instead of being sent hundreds of miles away to a huge prison. "It makes a lot more sense than the big remote bastilles that we operate now," Kime said. The state is in the process of phasing out the Jackson and Ionia prisons on a long-term timetable, Kime said. He said that law requires that the old Ionia Reformatory be vacated by 1990, but that it would take considerably longer to replace Jackson Prison simply because of its massive size. "I think Michigan is a progressive state," said Hank Risley, deputy war- den of the Huron Valley prison. "In Michigan, we've gotten away from the stereotype of Jackson (prison)." Risley said the aim of the new prisons like Huron Valley is to create "a more normal environment to promote in- tegration (of the prisoner) back into the community." Architects have been trying to create a more receptive en- vironment through the use of colors and design. "People do respond to color," Risley said. AT THE HURON Valley facility, the walls that don't bear brightly colored murals usually are painted bright orangeoryellow. The facility is made up of a number of smaller buildings-several housing units, a gymnasium, a school complex with a modern auditorium, an ad- ministration building with an extensive infirmary including emergency and dental facilities-laid out on a sprawling lawn surrounded only by two large chain-linked fences topped with "razor wire" and eight guard stations. But corrections officials insist that the new facilities are just as secure-if not more secure-as the massive walled prisons like Jackson. "We think we can do this (build the new style of prison) without sacrificing security, and in fact, it should make it even more manageable," Kime said. "It has been very successful." Huron Valley Deputy Warden Risley and Warden William Grant both stressed that their new maximum security facility employs the most modern security devices, including microwave monitoring and sophisticated electronic stations which are constantly monitoring the prison buildings. "I don't know if you can make a prison that it's impossible to escape from, but you can make enough ob- stacles that it'll take him (the prisoner) a long time to figure out how," Risley said, adding that the new facility and its staff will be well-equipped to deal with any possible disturbance similar to the recent ones at Jackson prison, Ionia reformatory and Marquette prison. "I'm not saying we won't have a distur- bance, but we'll know about it before it happens" Rislev said. Arthritic pain may be helpful BOSTON (AP)-Many of the nation's 20 million arthritis victims may suffer added pain because their bodies manufacture lower than usual levels of a natural narcotic-like pain killer, a study says. But a researcher says the agony may actually be beneficial, serving as an unpleasant safeguard against abusing disease-weakened joints. TESTS CONDUCTED on about 700 arthritis victims at Fairview General Hospital in Cleveland show that their blood levels of endorphins are ap- proximately 30 percent below normal. Endorphins are a naturally occurring analgesic, or pain killer, that work in the body like morphine. The substance binds onto nerve cells and deadens pain. Dr. Charles Denko, who directed the research, presented his findings yesterday at the annual meeting in Boston of the Arthritis Foundation. DENKO SAID he was not sure why these people, who presumably need more pain protection, instead have less. But he said it may help them protect their bodies by regulating their daily life. Rheumatoid arthritis, which affects about 5 million Americans, disrupts the tissue around joints. The joint becomes inflamed, and victims may be crippled. as the disease corrodes cartilage and bone. "If you have arthritis, you shouldn't expect complete relief of pain," Denko said. "A little pain can be a good thing." THE EXTRA pain due to low endor- phin levels forces arthritis victims to move carefully. "It prevents you from abusing your joints,". he said. "It prevents further damage and helps you get through life's problems by pacing yourself." Various arthritic diseases affect about 20 million Americans. Although victims can be any age, the disease is a leading cause of limited mobility in people over 45. Denko also found that endorphin levels are below normal in people who suffer from gout and lupus. Gout, a disorder of the uric acid metabolism, causes swelling and severe pain in the hands and feet. Lupus includes a variety of diseases characterized by skin lesions, including tuberculosis of the skin. DENKO MEASURED endorphin levels in the patients' blood and joints. "In many gout patients, they had no endorphin at all in their joint fluid," he said, "andl they had very acute pain." OPEN HEARING for Review of the Dprtmffent of Geography Monday, June 8, 1981 Regents' Room First Floor, Fleming Administration Building 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Those wishing to make a public statement should call Edward Dougherty, 764-9254.