The MichigorDilv--Thursday July 15; 1982--Page 3 PHILOSOPHER TO QUESTION VALUE OF IMPRISONMENT Eastern prison hires ex-prof HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former professor who believes in questioning society's right to lock people up is being hired as a resident philosopher for the state prison system. David Lovell takes the resident-philosopher's post - one of the first of its kind in the country - at a time when prison overcrowding has become a touchy issue. But Lovell believes basic questions of justice may be ignored in the scramble by corrections officials to find enough room in their jails for increasing num- bers of inmates. "IDEALLY, WE have a system of justice which treats people not just as numbers, not just as means to an end - but as an end in themselves," Lovell said. "There are problems that empirical inquiry and cost- benefit analyses are just not going to solve." Political and practical concersn often result in violations of standards of justice, Lovell said. "This conflict between utilitarianism and ontology is what I'll try to explore," he said. Utilitarianism is a branch of philosophy concerned with practical conclusions, while ontology deals with the nature of being. JOHN MANSON, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Correction, agrees there is a need for philosophy in prisons. "The overcrowding is all the more reason to hire someone from the outside," Manson said. "We're so busy with it that we don't have time to ponder any of the larger questions ourselves." One such question centers on rehabilitation of in- mates. Lovell believes some inmates may be difficult or impossible to reform, but he said, "Many of them will benefit from therapy, and the system often blows its opportunity to work with these people." REHABILITATION PROGRAMS lost favor among correctional officers because "a lot of expensive, highly touted programs failed," Lovell said. They failed in part because their proponents were trying to work through the prisons to correct problems that originate outside. "Criminals and the criminal justice system have been a scapegoat for economic problems, a lot of other problems," Lovell said. Lovell will be paid $20,000 through a grant from the Connecticut Council of Humanities to serve in the new resident-philosopher's post for 10 months, beginning in September. DURING THAT TIME Lovell will talk to judges and legislators, wardens and guards - "all of the ac- tors in the drama," he said. He may be based in a single institutions working in one of its programs. "This will give me a way of being naturally in- volved with prisoners and staff," he said. "I want to get some idea of what individuals in decision-making positions think they're doing - what justification they offer for the decisions they make." As part of his work, Lovellwill give a series of lec- tures and will come up with a list of recommen- dations for the department. David Lovell has been working as a therapist in a special treatment program at the Hudson Correc- tional Facility in Hudson, N.Y. He was chosen for his new post late last week through the New York consulting firm - Audiobatics - that employs him. State may face more budget cuts Miller says LANSING (UPI)- Budget Director Gerald Miller refused yesterday to rule out further budget cuts this year in the face of disastrous economic figures. Miller told a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee op- timism that may have been generated by a slight upturn in May and April. "was not borne out by activity in June." "AUTO SALES," he said, "were ,a - disaster. If you can find a better word, use it," adding one would have to go back 24 years to find things as bad. Although he said the latest figures on tax collections have not been computed, "the early indications are that the figure is not good." He also said retail sales are down and what he called the "confidence index" is also down. "THAT RECOVERY people were~ex- pecting-we are still waiting for that to occur," Miller told the subcommittee, which is reviewing Gov. William Milliken's recommendations for fun- ding local schools. "There is not any good news out' there," he added. Previously, Milliken administration spokesmen had expressed optimism that third-quarter figures, beginning in June, would start to show Michigan's economy improving. Later, speaking to reporters, Miller refused to rule out any further cuts in the state's already battered 1981-82 budget. "That has always been a possibility," Miller said. Despite the gloomy economic in- dicators, Miller remained optimistic that Michigan's credit rating-lowered earlier in the year to among the nation's lowest-will be improved before the state must sell $500 million worth of short-term notes this fall. He said the decision to improve the rating will be based on whether the economy will improve next year and he said that will probably occur. U.S. detention of Aliens ends WASHINGTON (AP)- The federal government will not ask the Supreme Court to bar the release of about 1,800 Haitians now held in detention, the Justice Department said yesterday. The announcement indicated the Haitians could begin leaving detention facilities in six states and Puerto Rico by the end of the month. On Tuesday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta refused to blocka release order issued last month by U.S. District Judge Eugene.Spellman in Miami. THE JUSTICE Department said that while it will not seek emergency help from the Supreme Court, "the department a will continue its policy of firmly enforcing the law by ap- prehending and detaining any aliens who try to enter the - United States illegally." The government also emphasized that it will go ahead with a formal appeal of the legal issues involved in detaining un- documented aliens who arrive in the United States. The government previously had announced its own plan for the release of the detained Haitians but had objected to Spellman's imposing his own plan. It is not possible to accurately estimate when the Haitians now in detention might be released. Voluntary agencies representing the Haitians have a significant amount of procedural work to do under the District Court order. They earlier had indicated the first releases might come before the end of July," the Justice Department's announcement said. HAITIAN REFUGEE Joseph Estaban awaits release Lawyers for the Haitians, however, say that some of the from Detention in Florida after yesterday's decision, detainees could be freed before the end of the week. Government cites Title IX violations (Continuedfrom Page1) must allocate scholarships in propor- tion to each sexes' representation in the department. The rules do not say that the total number of dollars or scholar- ships must be equivalent. The athletic department will rectify that discrepency through a two-year program of reallocating scholarship dollars,' if the Office of Civil Rights ac- cepts the plan. Athletic department officials disagreed with the government's charge concerning women's ^coaches. "The opportunity (to receive coaching) is equal," said DeCarolis, who' called the charge "pretty vague." DECAROLIS said that a difference in the way the federal office and the University determine coaching oppor- tunities accounts for the charge. He said that there are equal numbers of men's and women's coaches in all var- sity sports, except for swimming- which has one more female assistant- and football-where there is 'no women's counterpart. Don Canham, University athletic director, also said that the discrepancy exists because the football team em- ploys nine full-time coaches, and there is no equivalent women's sport. Discrepancies in travel and recruiting budgets were due to dif- ferences in the rules of the former women's athletic conference, the AIAW and the men's conference, the NCAA, said Phyllis Ocker, the athletic depar- tment's associate director for women. BECAUSE THE women are shifting to the NCAA, that problem will be resolved soon, she said. The government and the University cannot agree on whether or'not the athletic department should fall under federal jurisidction. "The AIAW stresses that (recruits) pay their own way to campus. NCAA rules say that I can fly a kid in from Florida and put him up in a hotel," he said. In the past, the athletic department wasn't allowed to spend as much money on recruiting and travel budgets because of AIAW restrictions, De Carolis said. "We are going to comply, but only because we want to," Canham said. "The government doesn't have jurisdiction over programs that don't use federal funds - that's obvious." THE UNIVERSITY'S position has been supported by some U.S. court decisions, including a ruling on the Ann Arbor public schools. But Mary Fran-' cis O'Shea, an Office of Civil Rights of- ficial, said that "other courts have ruled differently. "Our opinion'is that the department ,has jurisdiction to investigate under :Title IX," she said. Both O'Shea and Affirmative Action Director Nordby - who has been working with the investigators - refused comment on the specifics of the violations until the government releases its findings in the next -few weeks.