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Dutch By John AP Will AMSTERDAM, Netherlands offers its inmates a bird's eye v looks like a cluster of swank a likely to be the last of its kind. Although planned for only 6? standards ? the place is too bij management. Dutch authorit again. OCCUPYING an 18-acre sit town, the $90-million facility 1 blocks where the prisoners liv< furnished, each with separate can watch activity outside th< dows unimpeded by iron bars, but are made of laminated, bull with an alarm system. In many ways, the new jail r scarce building land in a crow prison planning. But major pi visiting hours in transporting checks to the central service ar Families complain that visi security controls. Lawyers fac to see a client. And, it takes pr 10-15 minutes to work through entrance 10 ine lasi oi me six i the question of whether this tim "There are just too many pec this kind," said Ben van der government development at t Trees aren't the sole This furry tittle fella u I i priso Qale ? Holland's newest Dris iew of the Dutch capital a partment buildings, but i 2 prisoners ? small by U g and cumbersome for ea Lies are already thinki e on the southeast side las six white-painted tov ?. The cells are comfortal washrooms, and prison ; prison walls through v* The windows look ordim let-proof glass and are wii eDresents the optimal use ded city and the ultimate -oblems have arisen dur ; inmates through secui ea. ting time is unfairly cut e long delays when they < ison officers coming on d the checks from the pri: 4-story tower blocks, rais ie should be paid or not. iple to handle in a comple: Goorbergh, head of pri: Jie Dutch Justice Minisl ggjyi?o^r Leafy ) province of birds, /ent out on a limb mmammmmwm C|,p th'|S 17rAA M N I1CC J 5 of] s 771Hours: \ on S'A t. A n m - k ^ V A 1 A A un. 6 p.m. -3 a.i elivery uutil 3 n is a 'he "and it seems unlikely repeated. In the future, we ;on 100-150 Drisoners." nd Vs THERE ARE about 50 l which the new jail is the bi; only by a two-year-old in lsy south of the country. In a n8 national prison population about 3,200. However, aboi year under the Dutch th< results in 55 percent of all /er six months or less. bly ? 'We have t red balance betwe of livability.' i in _________ ing The new facility will se women, and 70 of them ? bv />nn..;n?r ? * i,unvituj ? nave uccu muv :all prisoners awaiting trial wil uty and fewer than 100 are ci son numbers are expected to ri *n8 becomes fully operational i totaling 750 will outnumber ic of son The prison was designed :ry, for human factors. ^ Bi ' lair recently as if to say, 'I got ain't gonna share it with no delivery Best Pizza in >outh Carolii Serving Columbi; more than 25 y< GENO 2772 Rosewood I 9117 251 FR RE \ a,m* your first b 11 * with a Dim a.m. __geer or sc S COUpOnwMMHHI >me awa> that the experiment will be plan to build for a maximum of w?nal iricHtiitirmc in HnllanH nf IIIUV1VUV IVIhJ ill AIU11U1IU | V/A ggest and most modern, rivaled stallation at Maastricht in the land of 13.7 million people, the on any one day averages only it 25,000 persons are jailed each eory of rapid turnover, which offenders' serving sentences of tied to strike a ten security and Tve as the national prison for almost all of Holland's female ed into one of the towers. Male 11 occupy the rest of the complex irrently housed there, although se to maximum when the prison in 1980. At that point prison staff the inmates. with a maximum consideration itt Andrew ? GAMECOCK t my nut and I L | body, nohow.' | ] la... ! !l i for i ST jars I m i'S i | ..." ? m I -5414 I | !m m 1 m everage , ? -in nrHpr >ft Drinks || y from he Sophisticated electronic and mec seal off each floor in the tower prisoners within so-called pavilions cells. Each pavilion has its own leisure TV sets. Radio is piped into each eel PRISONERS are given a key to are frequently left open, if they w belongings. However, at 10 p.m. lig turned and each cell has a third el< be centrally operated. The prison also has ample fa recreation, libraries, she multidenominational chapel and vu good late-night TV shows are som officers so they can be played back I Various walls have been decorat under the country's laws draw c percent of the construction costs Some, without objection from the a in a ladder or two. However, security arrangemei regarded as tight enough to do wil duty. A closed circuit TV system but TV cameras are not placed inth< "We have tried," said Van der < balance between security and livab iu special pROQR&ms naqwa with OeBka & ximet teRfoRminq the ana of Belly6ancin< s6nes6ay, rill 1,1979 9p.m qolOen spur 'admission Collegi Gradual BECOME A LAWYER S AS! Program approved by American Bar / Daw r?r Fwoninn ~ - v, v/iaaaca ctvdllclUlt}. Employment assistance. Please send me information about a careei assistant Name Address City State Phone College Yr Grarl 1979 SUMMER DAY FALL DAY JUNE 11-SEPT 5 SEPT 20-DEC 18 FE! FALL EVENING SPRING OCT. 23-MAY 10 MAR 18-S THE NATIONAL CENTE PARALEGAL TRAIN 3376 Peachtree Rd., fs Atlanta, Ga. 30326 ^ 404/266-1060 ? me* hanical units are used to blocks, containing the or residential units of 24 or dining room and two 1. their cell doors, which ant to lock up personal hts-out, a second lock is sctronic lock which can cilities for sports and mnint? kin<sk? o r i o ... i " deo equipment on which etimes taped by prison :o inmates. ed by Dutch artists, who :ommissions worth one of any public building, uthorities, have painted its at the prison are :hout out-of-doors guard maintains surveillance, e residential units. Goorbergh, "to strike a ility." PResents 1A lent apt - ? russel house 3 tes I SISTANT. S Association. : 1 mm J as a lawyer = 1 Zip ??|g H n SPRING DAY I-":--] B 11-MAY 9 EVENING fei! EPT 20 n r-s\n H9 n run n IING H . \mm0