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Spotliqht I Friday, April 18, 1986 ^ 0 UllllillllilllillllllilillLllimmiL iMUUkUniamHiilllilNFfiUl jjfj IWll J'llliiUnmMHHHHHMnHBITHE ?01 Par By J.D. TURKALY Staff writer Editor's note: This is the second and final part of a story describing this staff writer's participation with a small group of first-time offenders in a pre-trial Intervention program at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia. Some language considered offensive has been left in to provide a realistic picture of The group moved through the tunnel past death row. It was small ? just a hall, painted bright yellow. The guide didn't slow down as they passed, but the visitors strained for a look. Prisoners walk a call block in the Centi Night cops on campus keep busy By PATRICK JEAN Assistant Spotlight editor A call comes over the radio. Lights need to be turned on at the Booker T. Washington building for a body-building contest. Officer Michael Couick, 31, sighs and brings the speaker to his mouth. "Ten four." The dashboard cigarette lighter pops out. Couick, a chain smoker, places it on the thin roll of tobacco between his lips. He rubs his head and leans back in his scat as he turns onto Pickens "We're going to have so much movement on this campus tonight, it's not even going to be funny." Couick, a graduate of USCSalkehatchie, has been a university police officer for almost two years. He patrols the campus :$ms; 'Vjnt {jri -T, ' ftX " w *??' L V*^ -?.rJ 'A>*\ , a *c? r* ?w. \ . u* * Vr t 2: An To the left was the infirmary, just a hall where dead and mutilated bodies arc taken. 4<A lot Of neonif think thcu <?:>n Courtesy of JACK HILLWIG at Correctional Institution in Columbia Officer Michael Couick Campus police from 4 p.m. to midnight on Saturday ? one of the most hec tic and busiest times for the police department. 4:47 p.m. Couick is covering an area south of Greene Street. He pulls into the parking lot at the Rex Enright Center and waves to the security guard. Private security has been started at the center because of people from nearby areas using it as a playground and a shortcut, he says. He points out cars in "the pit" parking lot that have doors unlocked or windows open. "People come here who may not be used to locking their cars or rooms. The criminal element in See "Police Ride," p. 6 mit >, /' w V;:- .>-. eft .; >,' ^ ? ' *>^, ,,, WW afr ,' '. . . 1 '" ' Ml' .. H ^ r*.? get out of here by acting crazy, but it don't work," said their guide, a convict doing triple life. "They will only let you in for eating your shit and cuttin' yourself up. "Then all they do is shoot you full of Thorazine. It makes you a zombie. You're still breathin', but you're dead. They send you out to us, and we get to have fun with you," the guide smiled. They shuddered. Next wa? tllP liuinn irno Ovr ilm - . v?vj V a v Ul VU I V_M 111V* normal convicts. It resembled a hospital wing from a horror movie, with its short, dark wards and rusty cots. Up front was a community sink, shower and toilet flooded with putrid water. From the floor above, the informal gujup ncaru inmates wnistiing catcalls at them. The leader grabbed the blond boy and held him close. "Don't worry, honey, you're mine." There were small plexiglass windows down the hall, but they were barred, and no light came in. The air was stagnant and stale. And it was at least 100 degrees despite the November cold outside. Then the group headed down a passageway to sec the cells ? two-man closets that were considered a luxury. They waited and went in groups of four into the rooms. To the right were bunkbeds, to the left, a shelf. The man in the room snokr loudly as the guide, telling the group he was lucky to have a room. He made several homosexual remarks and gestured with a Vascline-covered hand to show he was serious. The smaller groups hastily reassembled into one and headed back down the tunnel. Next stop was the old stables, five stories of ice cold granite. General Sherman kept his horses there during the Civil War, and each floor had a fence around it, holding in a guard and several inmates. TU - 1- - * - i iicsc were me serious prisoners ? they would die here. This was the only pari of the tour where a guard accompanied the group. Signs on the wall read "Do Not Shit On The Floor" and "One Person In The Shower At A Time." There were no catcalls or whistles, just cold silence and the stares of hundreds of blank eyes. Hollywooi to prospe By SHERRI MAKSIN Staff writer Students thinking of pursuing modeling or television need det and a pocketful of money, a eel moter said. Nina Blanchard, president of a L talent agency, spoke Tuesday on b to show business. BlancharJ has produced a educational videotape, "How to Motion Pictures, Television, C< and Modeling," which depicts tl proaches to get started in show bi But Blanchard has been tour campuses across the nation recen mote the "Be a Caress Woman Cc fering a coed the opportunity to < national soap advertisement. The be on The Merv Griffin S Blanchard. Breaking into the acting profes in college, where university trainin students areas of acting other th tional theatre, which is most com DUI-IFYOU'H If you drive under the influence o Or worse So drive straight. 1 ^ SfPiP ""** W'i- >/,. ., (?4S?r ... . ' ?;>.t. . /?> ,. ^ ** pjffrJt * ' ^ C\v k\ *>V<A ni^'"'" *,> V.k.M '/<">[ ,. . ?*.? ?at ...?,, "*' ><f V I nightm This prisoner has his own cell, a rare c Group members went into the n au cens iwo ai a nme. 1 ne cells were about 4 feet wide, 5 feet long and 5 feet high with no lights, windows, cots or pillows. There was only wet granite and water pipes painted black. Next, they went to the mail window. The group was told of arrangements for prisoner mail and banking. If money is sent to a prisoner, his name is put on a list for everyone to see. He hires a body guard while he gets the money. The body guard gets 75 percent for keeping the prisoner alive. Loan sharks and dealers get the rest. They were also told of visiting i talent at % ctive movi chard said. Theatre skills such a career in singing taught in colle ermination are needed also, she sa ebrity pro- Hut she stressed thai the most important, .os Angeles To break into the p reaking in- tors should travel to York to land a spot there, Blanchard said. 90-minute Break into Small-town tlw?.nrp?; arnmercials to get started, but "t le best ap- you'll ever be found," isiness. production you can wl ing college While in school, pi tly to pro- gain "every ounce of >ntest," of- she said-. jppear in a Actors in New York winner will than actors in Los Ang how with acting job in New Yoi agent, she said. An a sion begins Angeles because casiinj g can teach actor without one, she an conven- Blanchard also said ; mon, Blan- in actors without trai JE LUCKY, YOU'LL f alcohol or drugs, you risk arrest Or ride with a driver who is "V-i V* The ddvocc' Ufy * runaw illustrc may tx >.' unique m,les c ! Ndme t If ...A. U I City _ ?t?/'c | ^eas< >^"" ' j : . M< j Card ? ***.> ? ~ I Signa I For C I are con ommodity at the facility procedures and body searches. Everywhere that drugs, money or weapons could be hidden is checked coming in and out. The group moved next to a conference room. The group prayed that it was over, but it was lecture time. Each guide got up and told his story. These weren't petty thieves or pushers ? they were murderers who had nothing in the world but prison. After the prisoners' talks, group members got up and told their stories. The stories weren't told in the boastful manner, as ociorc tne tour. 1 r.ey were ashamed. The younger visitors were a I'jent offer: ie, televisi agent take as mime, dance and A union gc, and acting classes cities; it cs id. commercU [ workshop training is movie or r As for n rofession, aspiring ac- in which tc Los Angeles or New and males in major productions 2 4 , s h Average I t etnalcs i! also might be a place 5 ' 1 1 ,' * hey're the only places average is she said."Get into any 6'1" To lere you will he seen." 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