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Prison costs i From Staff Reports If the U.S. prison system continues along its present path, taxes will become unbearable for future generations trying to pay the cost of housing prisoners, a USC professor said. Ellis MacDougall, a professor in the wi vyinuiuai uudutc, s>aiu uic iidnuii cannot afford to continue building prisons at the present rate. "The statisticians say it costs an average of $8,000 per year to keep a person in prison," MacDougall said. "But that figure doesn't include a lot of hidden costs ? capital improvements, payments to families on welfare, increased insurance premiums. Add them all up and the figure is closer to $35,000 per year.'' MacDougall has returned to USC after 4 1/2 vears as director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. MacDougall said he took over a prison system filled with violence and gang warfare, much of it directly related to overcrowding. Federal court decrees ordered the system to reduce its prison population or expand the number of bed spaces. Through actions such as work releases, pre-release programs and inmate grievance i procedures, MacDougall turned the i situation around. Gov. Bruce Babbitt of - Arizona said under MacDougall's supervision, "Arizona has progressed from the | THERE ARE T | BICYCLE SHC IN 5 POINTS. I | Compare Prices | BEFORE You Buy! I I ?UT-SP0KIN' 1 | Complete Sales, Ser 1 and Repairs I ^ | HMlDBNa | 2105Santee FTiTJ | 254-9797 1 | restaurant 2 1 our i 1928 Rosewood Drive Tonite 95<t Bud Pitchers 25?t Glass c? 8 hursday Molson Golden 85<fc White Russians $1.8! Come and Enjoy I the Music of I "WINDSTORM" Appearing Both Tliurs. ? Fri Nites On Saturday Enjoy Bud Ligi I For Just 65<f, All Bar Drinks $ 1.85 reaching unbe dark ages to a well-managed penal system." MacDougall said instead of building new prisons, money could be better used to strengthen parole and probation systems. In South Carolina, where overcrowding is an increasing problem, probation officers carry case loads of up to 150 people, compared with 50 in other states. "We're spending money in the wrong places, and spending more than we need to spend," MacDougall said. "Only a small percentage of criminals are repeat offenders who need to be isolated from society. We need to spend our time and money getting the rest off the criminal track onH Kor?lr intn en/-?iofx7 mhopo Jhou'll nov fhoir U 1IV.A k/UVI\ 111 IV OV^iV/ VJT TTIAVI. V VIIVJ 11 J/MJ VIIV11 way." rinn NUCLEAR POWER vs. Fossil Fuels: The Facts on Environmental Impacts" will be the topic of the annual awards banquet speech for Sigma Xi, the College of Applied Professional Sciences professional organization, April 7. Reservations to attend the banquet and hear guest speaker Milton MpI oin r?f flanoral ITlo^trin'c Mnnlaot< vta. v4viavi u? uivvvA iv o nuvivai Products Division in Wilmington, N.C., must be made by tomorrow. The speech is scheduled to begin about 8:15 p.m. The banquet, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Campus Room in Capstone, will cost $8 per person. A social hour will be held at 6 p.m. in w/mwmrn y ^11 i m x 1 W Hh ? I r wmmmtmk j ... ^ : fjP^ ige ^^'dh. Jl < can relax, r home. You you like to you're invit A II ^ 1/ \ll VJ at 9:45 a.m. call our chi it I ?iH?i * arable level, pr I news briefs \ the Alumni House. ^ Rpsprvfltinn information nnH r?h??nkc ? should be sent to John Logomarsino, College of Applied Professional Sciences, USC, ( Columbia, S.C. 29208. For information, call j 777-7007. ( nnn I HOW TO BE a professional secretary and r a valuable member of the team is the topic ( of a seminar series sponsored by USC's j Division of Continuing Education Tuesday. The seminar is designed for secretaries, office managers and administrative assistants who want to improve their skills. Topics include how to handle challenging people and increase self-motivation. Diane Pryor, a communications con- , sultant for Professional Development j Programs in Orlando, Fla., is the seminar leader. % The fee is $95 per person. For three or ' more participants from the same company, ] the fee is $85 per person. For information, " call 777-2917. r rinn ! INFORMATION ABOUT houses located ? in an architectural conservation district I hhSBBml iM ;^i-:~?7^^v:^ ^v^~\2r-v-y.^V^^^-T-f-i.;.^-;-? I^K.iSH *m miwifmr y.-.??xv^-.-.'. ijffl -:<r>:>y.<?:-'.S>s<v<-x^>.v:-v:-----y-.s-.-.y.-:-.-...-. IH ?P2^H^E^S?[|S29Bs5?to^ ^;icy&^ ind share a place at Shandon B; neet new people, share ideas . . can even enjoy a cup of coffee sleep through breakfast. 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