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■ 8 Portland Observar Thursday, July 12,1979 Behind the Wall by Larry Bakr r 93510! O.S.P. Correspondent R ocky B u tte goes to trial But. oh, the living look at you with human eyas whose suffering accuses you, whose natred reaches through the swill o f dark to strike you like a leper’s. You cannot stare that hatred down or chain the fea r that stalks the witches and breathes on you i t ’s fe tid scorching breath; cannot kill the deep immortal human wish, the timeless will. Robert Hayden M iddle Passage Multnomah County Corrections personnel and former county o ffi cials will soon have to answer to suits filed by prison inmates charging in human and brutal treatment while lodged in Rocky Butte Jail. The charges against these officials are the same charges now being brought by 32 inmates o f Rocky But te—who last week staged a hunger strike— inmates who are held be cause they cannot afford bail but who have not been found guilty o f a crime. When these cases reach federal court’s, the general public will be shocked to hear about the uncivi lized and cruel treatment alleged to have been initiated by form er prosecutors. The class action suits by Rod Ad- dicks against Rocky Butte Jail em ployees and former Deputy District A tto rn ey Forrest “ Joe” Rieke, allege that he was held for 144 days in solitary confinement without a disciplinary review or a hearing pro cess. Addicks alleges that Rieke, who was the prosecutor o f his criminal case, ordered that he be held in the “ hole,” and conspired with Rocky Butte staff to deny access to legal material and denied access to coun sel. Addicks charges that he was physically assaulted, was beaten about the head and body and kicked in the groin repeatedly by a Multno mah County Deputy Sheriff because he refused to answer questions without an attorney present. He filed com plaints but was denied a polygraph exam to verify his truth fulness and was not given access to photographs o f officers to let him identify the assailant. He also charges that jail personnel and Rieke provided misleading in formation about his behavior to the Diagnostic Center, the Parole Board and O.S.P. Addicks alleges that his confine ment in isolation, the denial o f access to legal assistance, and physical and mental abuse denied him his right to a fair trial His allegations are expect ed to be supported by a number of persons who say they received similai treatment at Rocky Butte and who believe this treatment was designed to extract guilty pleas from them. For three years a small group of inmates at O.S.P. ha*e worked con tinuously w ith the assistance o f volunteer attorneys and private citi zens to expose the treatment they re ceived at Rocky Butte Jail— the same treatm ent prisoners there claim today. In some cases these inmates claim their mail was tampered with — and even destroyed— mail which contained evidence to be used in their trials. These inmates will have their day in court. The trial was to have begun July 9th in U.S. District Court, but has been postponed. •’Butte” as a tomb for the poor who could not raise their bail fee, in order to inflict such treatment upon them that they are forced to plead guilty — those prosecutors and their accomplices should stand trial on criminal charges o f obstructing jus tice. A Portland, Oregon W ater gate? Tom Murton, former Warden of Arkansas' penitentiary once wrote, “ The most dangerous weapon ever W ESTERN LI IN S U R A N C E Wholly Owns by W e Specialize In Life ft Health Insurance • Investment Products • Group, Medical ft Dentlcal Under Ten, All Tex Sheltered Plans, Pension, Etc placed in a damaged prisoners' hand is not the gun or knife, it is a pen, a few sheets o f blank paper, a set of law books and enough time to allow him to gain knowledge how to use them.” , Inmates at O .S .P . have no problem obtaining these. But even if the former inmates o f Rocky Butte 1 win their case.,. Wow! What a hell o f a price to pay. £ St. Pa Companies Call Toe 1760 S.W . 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P E O P L E !tt They are 90 and 6 their master is numbered 666 whose games are called self-defeat seif-hate seif-confusion it is called The chosen few And knowledge becomes a deadly weapon i f no one sets the rules BZRNARD RMsmeirais Thai Tea Fake Adveafcge • / this MODERN CINTURI L iberal CREDIT Techn/qtre C*m a In befer« 10 n.m and Wa WIN Try to DaNvar yavr Mantara« by * p.m Sama Doy no interest 1 NO CARRYING CHARGES N O A P P O IN T M E N T NEEDED OCNTAL Priées Quoted In Advance Insurance WELCOMED .Vo Finance Company or Bank Involved p ★ Ask Akesrt fktr LOW COST Quality DENTURE EXTRACTIONS a n d PILLINGS Uttny feOiom A m iatb»/ — Whan OaabaW fer SLEEP thuinp OperatMn t ie n ic i Phone 227-2427 D/i. w « ★ FREE Parking CAWTOt t o r - z m l a D K N T ia T M S. W. Merm en Street U v e / by Julius Snowden 938013 For years Rocky Butte Jail has been an infested sore to Corrections and law enforcem ent o fficials. Grand Jury after Grand Jury has found its so over the years. I f Ad dicks’ charges are proven true— that certain prosecutors have used the E A CAREER IN COM M UNITY SERVICE Portland Fire Bureau 515 S.W. 4 | t h Ottico» Also In SALEM A EUGENE X O D U S .WK Vfr¿fuatfana/ r t - t u / t e a f m e n / tyeet/ei 1518 N E KILLINGSWORTH PORTLAND. OREGON 97211 284 7997 1978 79 O V E R V IE W A N N U A L T R E A T M E N T REPORT ON A L C O H O L IS M E D U C A T IO N & T R E A T M E N T SERVIC ES IN N .E. P O R T L A N D -A L B IN A C O M M U N IT Y A ctu al Clients T re ated : Alcoholism Formal Treatment -T o ta l number of clients served 1 A ve. Belweee AMer A W eiM ef tea 408 Alcoholism Counseling & Treatment—Adult Males Alcoholism Counseling & Treatment—Adult Females Group Therapy and T re atm en t M eetings: A A —one meeting per week Exodus Phase A —one meeting per week Exodus Phase B—one meeting per week Total Therapy and Treatment Meetings 304 T otal S2 62 52 W A verage A ttendance Per M ee tin g 'W eek 14 31 17 ■ET 104 Yearly A ttendance 728 1612 884 3224 C ontracted Services: Exodus contracted with Multnomah County to serve 146 clients Exodus actually served 408 clients Exodus total trea tm en t plan, plus tharapy is as follows: Outpatient Couneeling, Planned Day Treatment Programs, and Recreation and a fifteen (15) bed 24 hour supervised Residential Facility which provides three dietary hot meals per day on a seven (7) day per week schedule. IW Em ploym ent: Exodus employs 20 full-time employees, plus contracts with various consultants as needed to provide round-the-clock coverage and security for the clientele of Exodus. S ta ff Training and Education: Exodus provides on-going inhouse training for its entire staff, plus weekly professional application reviews. Three, six week classes were completed on the Exodus Treatment Modality. Number of staff students graduating were 22. FIREFIGHTER EXAMINATION APPLY JULY 2-16,1979 PORTLAND CIVIL SERVICE 510 S.W. MONTGOMERY ST. PORTLAND, OREGON 97201 5 0 3 -2 4 8 -4 3 5 2 W I omen & M inorities A re U rged T o A pply O utside Sem inars and Training: Number of staff attending were 7. N e w Programs; Exodus contracted in Apnl 1979, with the Department of Labor to implement a Youth Program on Alcoholism Awareness for Multnomah and Washington Counties (as a summer project). Number of youths in attendance update are 28. A cknow ledgem ents: The executive body of Exodus wishes to thank the staff for providing such high quality of treatment and therapy even through the bitter cold of winter; also, to thank the Albina Community and its citizens for recog nizing the need for these long overdue services and providing support in the delivery of treatment. Finally, to thank other cooperating agencies such as: The Multi-Service Center under the direction of Mr. Ben Talley and Dr. Eugene Taylor, the Judicial System and its Judges, Work Release Centers and their Management, Physician & Surgeons Hospital — Care Unit, Health Help, Outside In, Project STOP, TASC, Community Mental Health Agency, Holliday Perk Hospital, Woodlawn Park Hospital, Emanual Hospital Providence Hospital, Bees Kaiser Hospital, Hooper Memorial Center, Dr Walter Revnolds and his clinical staff, and Multnomah County's Mental Health Staff Special thanks to Bishop Daniels and Father Griffith. The Fiscal Year 1978-79 was challenging and measurably successful. R o s a l i e J . B O o th e E x e c u tiv e D ir e c to r _
