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Prltoat. Jatl Lock upt. All three <rf three words refer to any system designed to detain or confine persons under the law. Such persons Jiave either already been . Bonvicted or accused of a crime and awaiting further Judicial processing. Penitentiaries, prisons and Jails function as systems within systems, but sire, level of government served and prisoner classification are also measures of identification. Such factors as the degree of

security — maximum, medium, minimum - special problem prisoners, prison fanning, work release programs .and pre-trial detainees are also determinants as to which

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PENITENTIARY DERIVES FROM THE Quaker idea of providing the prisoner witbaBibleandplacinghimina cell to "do penance” for his crimes. Today a penitentiary is a large system and is found chiefly at the federal and state levels; Although some Urge cities have them too The world’s Ucgest U probably Southern Mlchigari SUte Prison wlffch accommodates some 6,000 Inmates PenitentUries tend to house the seasoned criminals serving,lengthy sentences. Today even these Urge systems are feeling the pressures of overcrowding due to the rising crime rate and tougher sentencing. There are more than 329,000 prisoners In federal and state institutions - a 70

percent increase over iOTO’s figure of 196,000.

PRISON MOST COMMONLY REFERS to SUte penal systems. These vary hi size, tend to be old, overcrowded sod expensive to operate. New Jersey voters have recently approved a SUte Prison Expansion program which -will, in time, help to relieve some of the problems. Currently the New Jersey prison system has 10 major InsUllatlons housing about 7,000 inmates, including facilities in Trenton, Rahway, Marlboro and Leesburg Juveniles ore deUined at Yardville, Bordenlown and Annondale The Women's Reformatory Is located in Clinton and some sections are utilized for minimum security male prisoners who are on work programs. » Jolla are primarily found at the county level and are usually known as Correctional Institutions, Reformatories or Detention Centers. They are smaller than penitentiaries with shorter term inmates. The county Jail has a variety of responsibilities - a hodge-podge of subfunctions - well beyond just the feeding and surveiUnce of prisoners. JaiU house all types of offenders with

sentences ranging from 1 day to 16 months.

Unhappily Jails are often convenient "recepUcles” for society's raUfits and unfortunates. In recent years, however, help with this problem has come from sources such as the drug, alcohol and menu) health agencies.

Cover of the FBI magazine, which is circulated nationally Cover Story on cops STONE HARBOR — The latest issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin honors this community’s police force by using, as its cover story, an article entiUed Summertime Cop* written by Police Chief William B. Donohue. In the article Chief Donohue discusses in depth the recruitment and selection of additional officers to cope with the summer population surge. He describes the techniques of physical fitness testing, the intelligence shown in written tests and the examinations given by psycologists "intended to measure mental stability." A FIREARMS TRAINING PROGRAM precedes the 40-hour classroom training sessions because the latter would be a waste of time and money if the applicant fails to meet the service revolver requirements. Included with the article by Chief Donohue is a chart designating the Classroom Training Schedule of Seasonal Police Officers for Stone Harbor and several photographs of the local constabulary. This documentation of "Stone Harbor's Finest" is recommended reading and readily available at the local library. —M'Ellen Rowland

IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND that there are two major categories of detainees J those who are unsentenced and awaiting Indictment or conviction and those already found guilty and aentenced.. The pie-trial detainees are presumed innocent even thougn many often have extensive criminal records If these.persona cannot raise ball they will beKheld to guarantee coirt appearance. Usually they do manage to false ball and regardless of the seriousness of their offense, they afe free until their appearance date. The percentage, of pre-trial detainees in our county facility averages about 66 to 65-percent of the Jail population at any given time. Those pre-trial persons who must remain in Jail may not be forced to work involuntarily, but most of them elect to participate in various work programs in and around the Correction Center. ‘ Loch up refers to the small facility found in mint local police stations. Usually no one is held there for more than 24 to M hours, moot often not even that long This continuing series by the Jtlve-lerm sb'er(f/ has been condensed, but Mr. Fox is available for elaboration or group discussion on the topics addressed here brle/Iy Stockton Lectures

POMONA - As part of its ongoing South Jersey Studifs Series, the Stockton State College Center tor Environmental Research has scheduled a number of lectures ranging In topics from the gypsy moth to the Hoagie Sale N. CAPE .MAY - The CYO basketball team of St. John of God Church will hold a hoagie able Saturday, April 3, ait the Church Hall on Town Bank Rd For orders call 8*6-3729 or 6865653.

Crusade Telethon Sat.

AVALON - The 6th Annual Telethon of the Cape May County Unit of the American Cancer Society gets underway at noon Saturday. The event is being televised from the Channel 40 studios on Avalon Blvd. and the Avalon Community Hall at 30th & Beach, notes telethon chairman Tom Waldman. This years goal for the county unit Is 178,000 by August 30. All of the money goes to fight cancer and to help victims. DONATION CANS have been distributed to school children throughout the county and they will be bringing them to Community Hall March 27, where they will make their presentation before the television cameras. Fish bowls have been ' placed in various public locations. A dollar with your name on it entitles the

individual a chance to receive a gift - also on the air. Anyone who would like to make a presentation of a pledge or a gift may contact the unit office at 886-1154 and arrange to Come to the Channel 40 studios the day of the telethon. MANY PROFESSIONAL acts from the Cape May and Atlantic City area will be appearing on the telethon, as well as a great deal of local amateur talent. There will also be interviews with cancer victims who have recovered and are anxious to offer encouragement to victims and to issue warning to the public. Telephones wilT be answered by area notables, public office holders, modefe, title holders and other celebrities. The telethon will continue to midnight Saturday.

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THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF OCEAN CITY INC. at 1

Shelter Rd. of Terai

Ave. in Ocean City has the pet below for adoption as well as many other canines and felines. Shota <re administered . before adoption. The Society is run by volunteers and donations are appreciated They’re open between 1

and 4 p.m. and can reached at S9B-2018.

life of a South Jerswy whaler. The lecture series began with a slide presentation by Barbie Bryson regarding the evolution of the guilt in South Jersey. OTHER LECTURES scheduled include: Gardening In South. Jersey. Saturday, March 27; Soikth Jersey Folk Architecture Wednesday, April 14 and Blrdlng In South Jersey April 17. For more information and a descriptive brochure, call the Center for Environmental Research af 662-1776, ext. 211.

LADY' Is a young partshtpherA i female, black

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IE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF CAPE MAY COUNTV INC. is a nonprofit volunteer organization. Besides the animal above, they also have numerous other pets for adoption. In addition, they offer a neutering and ■paying program and provide a lost and found , 8ervice AU ahimals have mlxrai shots before adoption Call 465-4563 between 9 a. m. a nd 4 pm for details. Donations are welcomed.

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DOLLAR DONATION and a -chance to win a gift during U»e annual telethon. That's what Mr. and Mrs. Irv Posternak. '12 Cancer Crusade chairs, are doing here — as a reminder to fellow Jepey Cape citizens to do likewise, and to tune in this Saturday.

.by Ima Byrd Higbees Beach ten mighty fine place and since the state took over, those dam bikes and trash buggers havhall but left the area. We birds are really happy about mat. But what we don't quiteundertstand is why the stat^sets aside ,a wildlife preserve and bird migration area and then allows people to go in and hunt. That doesn’t make sense. It’s all right for people. The place is pretty and all that, but somewhere along the line they’ve overlooked the fact that we birds deserve more consideration. There are so few safe places for us to go these days and we really believed-Higbee* Beach was going to give us a much need-. ed rest from the evils and killings of man. I guess as long as politicians like to hunt, they’ll never stop hunting at Higbee’s Beach. Now there are whispered rumors that the Bird Sanctuary in Stone Harbor will eventually become a park for people. My bird friends are all worried because they said once the whisperings and rumors start then the die is cast. THE EGRETS AND OTHER BIRDS THAT RELY on the sanctuary are very distressed over the news. They said thfre is really no way to assure that the sanctuary does not get developed and that businessmen are just waiting for the right Ume and the right loophole to grab the land. As Stone Harbor becomes more and more developed, that 21 acres becomes more and more .valuable. Now every bird knows that developers and other businesmen have no respect or understanding of the importance of nature. We know that the Bird Sanctuary will be destroyed just the way the Least Tern’s nests were destroyed at Stone Harbor Point. The only ones who miss the terns are the other birds. We've got the inside story on the wholfe thing and we can tell you humans this, that these people whose sole thrust is to make monqv have no conscience when it comes to developing. They don't see that sanctuary as a place of beauty, of protection for their island and the wildlife. They see it as a piece of real estate worth millions of dollars. i s THERE’S NO WAV IN THE WORLD that you can tell a bird the Sanctuary won’t be developed. Little by little they'll take a comer here and a comer theft placating the * public with the idea there’s lots of room left. Then in answer to protest they’ll probably cut out a circle, mark it off and say, "Hei-e, the birds can have this and we'll make a nice park for the humans." The people will love it — playgrounds for the kids, you name it. Understand this. We birds don't want the public viewing - our activities. We don’t want them taking our eggs and replacing them with babies so they can study us as they do with the eagle. We want privacy. We don’t like getting shot at at Higbee Beach, even only for a few weeks. If an organization that is supposed to protect us allows humans to shoot us, where is the sense in that? A wildlife protection a^ea should be just that with no hunUng allowed - and no development allowed either. Well, anyway we wanted the humans who care to at least know our Feelings. There’s no doubt in our minds that the hunting at Higbees Beach will go on because the big whigs who hunt want their way. We also know that sooner or later the Bird Sanctuary iirStone Harbor will either be "accidentally" burnt down of whittled away by developers who can’t stand seeing all that fine land "go to waste.” We know it’s going to happpn, we just wanted you to know too.