TheMichigan oDaily -Wednesday; June 17, 1981-Page 5 Jackson may be split into 2 prisons LANSING .(UPI)-The state Corrections Depar- tment is weighing plans to split the massive central complex at riot-torn Southern Michigan Prison into two virtually separate institutions in hopes of im- proving control over its large population. Gail Light, spokeswoman for the department, said Budget Director Gerald Miller has been asked to ap- prove funds needed to hire an architect for the plan which apparently would involve installation of a fen- ce through the aging building and its yard. LIGHT SAID no estimate is available on the cost of the plans or the project itself, but it probably could be funded through a transfer of already appropriated monies. "I wouldn't say it's a real blue sky kind of thing," she said. "It's pretty certain we're going to do something like that." UNDER THE plan, cellblocks three and fi-where tha rinting centred nn Mav 92-wnld be separated off along with block five on the north side of the complex, blocks 11, 12, 7 and 8 would be on the south side of the complex, according Light. . The units would share food service, gym and school facilities, but use would be scheduled so that inmates from the two did not mingle, she said. "The intent is to have two, fairly separate institutions," said Light. THE COMPLEX has long been considered difficult to manage and officials hope that separating off the generally tougher inmates in blocks 3, 4 and 5 can ease that problem. The central complex houses about 2,600 to 2,900 making it much larger than most new prisons in their entirety. "We've talked about doing something like this for a long time but we've never had the funds to do it," Ms. Light said. "The disturbance may be a catalyst for getting dnwn tn dning it." AAUP says by-laws ignored by officials Daily Photo by JACKIE BELL TWO FIREFIGHTERS check for hidden fires after putting out a blaze in an apartment complex on E. Madison St. last night. (Continued fromPage 1) with a Regental bylaw." THE GUIDELINE in question, Regental bylaw number 5.02 states that "... the governing faculty shall be in charge of the affairs of that School or College..." "The question here is if the LSA college wanted the department removed," Kaplan said, adding that the "administration has admitted that there is an ambiguity in the bylaws." Kaplan said, "the Regents have received notice of this (the alleged discrepancy) in writing, but I will make a statement to them on Thursday," Kaplan said. THE LSA FACULTY voted against discontinuance of the geography depar- tment by a margin of 138 to 80 last April. Vice-president for Academic Affairs Bill Frye countered the AAUP argument, saying, "The guidelines state that the (LSA) dean should obtain a formal expression of the views of the faculty, but these views should not be binding." "No one thought at the time that the faculty's vote should have been bin- ding," added Frye. "I CONSIDER it all pretty hopeless," Kaplan said of the discontinuance question. Current AAUP president Robert Weeks claimed that the ad- ministration's discontinuance process was flawed in four respects: " The process was initiated in a "hasty, ill-considered" way. " Once underway, the process did not adhere sufficiently to the guidelines of the national AAUP that faculty in- volvement in such procedures should be "early, careful, and meaningful." " That geography is being eliminated to save money, but it is not clear how this will be accomplished. " There has been no orderly con- sideration of the use of the University's large financial reserves as an alter- .native to discontinuance, he claimed.