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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1986)
National/Regional Report says most prison AIDS cases in three states WASHINGTON (AP) — About half the nation's prisons are free of AIDS, and nearly 75 percent of all in mates with the disease have been housed in three mid Atlantic states, a new federally financed study released Sunday concludes. The report, the first of national scope on the in cidence of the disease in prisons, says that 4 percent of the nation’s correctional institutions have 72 percent of all the inmate AIDS cases. The study found 144 AIDS cases in all of the na tion’s state and federal prisons, where the inmate population is a half-million. Thirty-five cases were found in 11 of 32 city and county systems surveyed, ac cording to the report, sponsored by the National In stitute of Justice in the Justice Department and the American Correctional Association. Almost all 179 current AIDS cases found by the study in federal, state, county and city Jails were con tracted from intravenous drug abuse before admission to the Jail or prison, the study concluded. On a cumulative basis, almost three-quarters of the offenders who have had AIDS in state, county and city jails nationwide are in facilities in New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the report concluded. “You keep hearing that prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS, but in fact, there are only a very small number of jurisdictions with substantial numbers of AIDS cases, and the vast majority of jurisdictions have very few or no casus.’' the report’s author. Theodore M Hammett of the research firm Abt Associates Inc., said in an interview. The 1985 AIDS rates in most corrections systems where Inmates have the disease ranged from five to 50 {>er 100.000 population. Among the general popula tion. the AIDS rate is 3.4 per 100.000 Three state prison systems have AIDS rates that are in excess of 30 times that of the general population, the study said. The report categorized the figures by region and did not identify individual systems. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is an affliction in which the body’s immune system becomes unable to resist disease. .. Coffee Bean of the Month Brazil Bourbon Santos $C85 D ib. $900 O 'Mb. KINKO’S 860 E. 13th • 344 7864 Mental Health Counseling Retiit Vim Hayden, MS. CCfHHC Certified Counselor • Women & Adolescents _ ■# 10% Student Discount O « "M mA.mt K»B»CT»aaanonaB«w««aa»»»Mtw*»m«HM»wg«ow» ■ IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE An Acquaintance Rape Awareness Symposium Tuesday, February 18 7:00 p.m. EMU Forum Room "Defining Acquaitance Rape" Helena See and Karen Kane of Rape Crisis Network will discuss both marital and date rape. Representatives from Men against Rape will also speak. Wednesday, February 19 7:00 p.m. EMU Forum Room "Personal Perspectives on Rape" Three short films - "The Date", "Just One of the Boys", and "End of the Road" will be shown. The films will be followed by rape sur vivors speaking out about their experiences. Thursday, February 20 6:30 p.m. 150 Geology 'Tight Back" April Norman, Campus Security, and Nadia Telsey, Rape Crisis Network, will speak about rape prevention and self defense. 8:00 p.m. EMU Courtyard to UO Cemetery -TAKE BACK THE NIGHT rally starts with music, songs, and poetry. Following the rally, Project Safe-run dogs will lead the "Take Back the Night" march. All events are wheelchair accessible, childcare is provided and hearing impaired are accomodated. MEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND JtSUO Woman'* Task Fore* 686-3724 • Mon Against Rape 485-5901 Lottery money diverted to pay operating costs SAI.KM {AP) — Some Oregon, lottery money earmarked "for. slate economic ' development protects is l>eing u#ed to ebyoK lottery operating expenses jiiid; prixe payouts; lottery official#- ’: r; *®v-' • ;. ..';,yv The lottery, h a.ifr , b°'e e n withholding about Zb-percent'of:. • » each quarterly', pavmeiUvtolhe economic developfnbnt.fund: or 7 about it.4 million beginning.' with the initial payment ..ip, mid- 1U85; 1. . . i’ "We .operate; on economic development money . for..bur working capital.'' Kent-Aldrich, a lottery commissioner said in an Interview with the? Statesman-journal newspaper in. Salem "VVe don't have anyplace else to get it." lottery officials said they have been making up each quarterly shortfall the following quarter., the net effect being to continually roll over the initial $1.4 million debt.. The lottery's budget director. Steve Caputo. said the decision to hold back money from the quarterly payments was made out of necessity. ; ‘‘We just .flatly said we're go ing to withhold 20 percent of the current quarterly allot ment.!’ (Maputo said The constitutional amend merit that established the Oregon Lottery holds the.agen cy responsible for allocating :M percent of Its revenue! to economic development and' 50 percent to prizes, leaving; no more than Hi percent for administration. f——■j=ori I CVn/C Creative . | i SYD S Jit. i PERMS >19.95 J 5 long hair antra • good thru 3/28/M ; i 1122 Aider • 485 8597 DIM Bvwy 11 a/m. Sushi Lunch Special Dim Sum I.unch *2.25 And Try' Us For Dinner CHINA BLUE Restaurant 879 E. 13th. 343-2832 f *7 1