Black convicts find understanding
‘ ■'I’
T v ve
* had enough of prison
life .
I want to go h o m e ."
"M y w ife and ch ild re n need
'tie at home. | don'f (»long
her'«.**
" I 'v e learned my lesson. |
want to get out of
h o re ."
I l»ae i n typ ica l of the re
m arks C u rtis C . C re w io ru
hears e ve rytim e lie v is its a
Federal prison as one of the
eight m em bers of the U . S.
D epartm ent of J u s tic e 's Hoard
of P a ro le .
On a recent t r ip to t ie Fed
e ra l p e n ite n tia ry |n Atlanta,
lie le a rd 116 pleas fo r pa ro le .
" I can only hear onecase at
a tim e and | judge each case
on Its individual m e r l t s / 'M r .
C ra w fo rd e xp la ins. " T h is Is
one business In which two plus
two d ie s n 't n e cessa rily make
fo u r. There are no set stan
dards try which you can judge
whether an Individual Is ready
to re tu rn to society because 1«
o r slie fa lls In a c e rta in c r i
te r ia .’ ’
Kegardless of th e ir pleas
fo r freedom , the Inmates have
learned In dealing w ith C ra w
fo rd that they ca n 't " c o n " ttw
man w ith tie thin mustache and
affable s m ile . M r . C ra w ford
la not boasting w le n le says
1» has heard m ost of tie
s to rie s p riso n e rs te ll In t r y
ing to w in th e ir freedom .
Chances are good that If
C ra w fo rd did not te a r tie plea
as a defense attorney w hile In
priva te law p ra ctice In St.
I.o u ls , 1« probably heard it as
a p ro se cu to r. He was a t r ia l-
attorney In the St. L o u is C ir
c u it A tto rn e y's
office fro m
I9S6 to 1964, serving as chief
t r ia l assistant fo r two yea rs.
If lie m issed t ie story as a
p ro se cu to r o r defense at
torney, lie got a th ird chance
w h ile serving as a provisional
judge in St. L o u is ' C o u rt of
C rim in a l C o rre c tio n s .
" I feel | have a le tt e r than
average background to review
parole a p p lic a tio n s ," C raw
fo rd says, " la m f a m llls r w lt h
po lice . F B I re p o rts, and all
phases of legal proceedings.
So when I see a man’ s record
I have a p re tty good klea of
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praises
Guyana
The
In He eigh t years le has
leeri P rim e M in is te r of Guy-
■ tn, F orbes Burnham has
■een Guyana becomes tre n d
setter and an im pressive
force, riot only w ith in tie
G arib le an,
lu t w ith in t ie
Commonwealth and the H im )
W o rld ,
•'Is book, \ Destiny to
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Finally A rriv e d !
, v a ila ld e lo N o r th
A m erica a fte r its o rig in a l
publication in England ( A f r i
can P ublishing Company, 275
»“ « •» . »9^0. sets fo rth tie
years from Burnham ’ s I reak
with D r. ( le d d i lagan and
the
People’ s P ro g re ssive
•'a rty
to Guyana's present
C u rtis C , f.rs w fo rd , only hlack m em ber of tlar I s P a ro le n , . r .i n . .
stability and c h a ra c te r.
black p ris o n e r applying fo r pa ro le .
" ’
’ stens t0
sto ry of a
'•u>aria did not achieve in
dependence u n til 1966; fo u r
years la te r than Jam aica and
his background. | don't have
! rinidad. ye t in F ebruary
and to a certain point tle y are
M ore than h a lf of t ie inmates
to leave too much to assump
1970 she set a lead by becom
rig h t. It's true that Blacks
were black, yet tfe re were lew
tion o r m isconception.”
ing t ie f ir s t re jx ib lic In the
speak E nglish, but out in tie
black guards o r counselors.
■ .
gheiio, you know, we speak i
( if lie eight m e n d e rs on
It's only fa ir that we should
C o o je ra tive R ejxiblic in which
the Hoard, only C ra w ford and
d iffe re n t kind of language. If
hav m ore m in o ritie s rep re
her governm ent's so cia list
you are black an t you were
M rs . Paula A. lennant
sented in the c o rre ctio n s sys
philosophy is g i v e n f o r m
law degrees.
Hut C ra w ford
brought up H e re , It helps to
te m ."
thr ough the cooperative move
feels he has another advan-
understand th e ir cases.”
Before le in g appointed to
m ent.
le is the only B lack on
the Board of P arole. C ra w ford
C ra w ford was ajipointed by
This new status co n firm s
the Hoard.
was d is tr ic t d ie c to r fo r the
I resident Nixon to t ie post
many indications that Guyana
Small Business A d m in istra
“ I fir m ly le lie v e that
a
on Novem ber 9. 1970. | j e is
■■■■' ■ >,•1 arn I . .vidu-
tion o ffic e in St. L o u is . He
black is In a position to un
tie th ird Black to serve on
aJity and d iscove ring tier own
re
ca
lls
that
fo
u
r
months
be
the Hoard of P a ro le , The oth
derstand tie problem s of t ie
way forw a rd,
fo re his appointment, tie of-
b la c k s ," le says,
e r black m e n d e rs were sco-
•l w a s
P rim e M in is te r
fice
had
processed
only
nine
vell Richardson and Hom er
U . S. Bureau of P risons
Burnham who led Guyana to
loans.
In
t
ie
ensuing
six
Henson, who served fro m 195
ihdejendence and into becom
s ta tis tic s show that tfe r e are
months, tie office processed
to 1958 and 196? to 1969, re
some S,25o Blacks among tie
ing a re jxib lic and, who is
161
loans.
spe ctively.
m ore than 21,500 inmates in
la rg e ly resjior.si.'le io rG u y -
He also served as d ire c to r
Federal Institutio ns.
ana’ s present s ta b ility .
C ra w fo rd does not mince
of the l.eg al Aid Society of
w ords w le n le says th a tm o re
\ Destiny to M ould, .1 se
t
ie
c
ity
an
J
county
of
st.
"Y o u ought to see th e ir
Blacks
and o tle r m in o rity
lection of B urnham 's si>eech-
L o u is .
faces light up when they see
m e n d e rs are needed in all
es and jxib llc statement over
A graduate of West V ir g in
m e ," C ra w ford says. "T h e y
areas of co rre c tio n s . Point
a five year je r io d , provides
ia
State
C
o
lle
g
e
.C
ra
w
fo
m
ub-
probably feel that a Black man
ing to t ie A ttic s . New Y o rk
a contem porary comment on
tamed his law degree from
can understand them le tte r
p rison r io t In 1971 1« sayS^
a ll the sig nifica nt points in
L in c o ln U n ive rsity in |95|.
the recent h is to ry of Guy ana.
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Black
increase numbers
The rtim h e r of blacks hold
ing seats In state le gislature s
rose by 21 w ith t ie election
of 178 black candidates In
tfe Novem ber 7 election, a
iw rvey by the J o in t C e nter
fo r
P o litic a l Studies has
shown.
There are now 227 black
state le g is la to rs In 38 states,
com pared to 206 in 37 states
le fo re the e le ctio n . E le ction s
involving
black candidates
were held Novem ber 7 in 31
states: black le g is la to rs also
field seats In an additional
seven seats In which n o le g is -
| la tive e le ctio n was hel l Nov
e m b e r 7th.
O f the 227 le g is la to rs , 103
are Incumbents re-elected in
th is month’ s ba llo ting ; 49 are
incumbents who hold seats
which were not up fo r con
test in Oils election, and the
rem aining 75 are blacks who
I were not in the previous
le g isla tu re s.
The figu res were com plied
by the Jo in t C e nter's re
search d ivisio n , w ith the aid
of a network of JCPS c o r
respondents throughout tie
cou ntry.
The Joint C e nter fo r P o li
tic a l Studies Is a p riva te ,
n o n -p a rtis a n
o r g a n iz a
tion which provides research,
education and technical a ssis
tance to black and oth er
m in o rity group elected o ffi
c ia ls and to Individuals and
organizations
representing
m in o rity group In te re sts.
A ccording to the C e n te r’ s
survey, blacks were elected
in three states — Arkansas,
M ln ie s o ta
and Oregon - -
where none were In the p re -
vlous le g isla tu re s. H e three
black state representatives
and ore black state senator
elected In Arkansas are the
f ir s t black le g is la to rs in that
state's h is to ry .
O th e r sizeable gains were
achieved by blacks in Texas,
where there are now nine
black representatives com
pared
to only two black
representatives and one black
senator previously, and In
Indiana, wdth five new black
representatives where there
were two in the past le g is
la tu re .
The la rge st loss of black
le g is la to rs occurred m Ills —
nols. where re d is tric tin g of
m u lti-m e m b e r house d is tr ic ts
contributed to defeat of three
in cum le nts,
reducing
the
num ber Of black representa
tives fro m 14 to II.
The num ber of black sena
to rs rose fro m 37 to 43, an
Increase of six, o r 16 p e r
cent.
In the lo w er houses,
the number of black re p re
sentatives Increased by 15, o r
ten percent, from 169 to 184,
A ll lu t five of the black
le g is la to rs elected this month
are D em ocrats. Three state
representatives ami one sena
to r
are Republicans, and
another senator ran on both
Republican and L ite r a l t ic
kets In New Y o rk C ity , one
senator In New Y ork ran on
D e m ocratic, Republican and
L ib e ra l tic k e ts . There were
51 Republican le g isla tive can
didates, 247 D em ocrats and
13 Independents o r m em bers
of
oth er
p a rties on the
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