Paga 8 Portland Observar Thursday. Septem ber 13. 1979
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Behind the W all
by Larry Baker »35021
O.S.P. Correspondent
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square feet o f cold cement.
No one can expect things to hap
pen overnight in a prison. After all,
there are hundreds o f men to
manipulate. The set-up is much too big
to concern itself with something as
trivial as one pair o f socks.
So I patiently waited—one day.
And 1 asked again fo r a pair o f
socks. “ Send in a k ite ,’ ’ Egor
replied. I said I did. “ Then wait for
an answer.”
I asked a couple o f days later.
Nothing. Egor looked at me and
cocked his head to one side. I was
beginning to wonder i f it was
possible to get an in fe rio rity com
plex because a person doesn't have
socks. I mean there were people
walking around on the same tier with
socks— warm, thick, good-looking
socks. What am I, I thought, an ugly
stepchild? I got bad breath? My arm-
pits smell? Maybe something was
wrong with my reasoning, I told my
self. I was becoming a sock freak: I
thought o f socks in the morning, at
noon, in the evening and at night as I
d rifte d o f f to sleep to dream o f
socks. I counted socks. “ Am 1 evil?"
I asked myself.
I tried to probe the reasoning
process o f the no-sock policymakers.
It takes a lot o f intelligence to
figure out which man to put on
which tier. There are several areas
where the staff has to use its intelli
gence.
One year in February I was taken
to the Segregation and Isolation unit.
I was put in holding status (solitary)
and a few days later I was moved to a
segregation cell. They gave me all the
comforts: mattress, sheets, blankets,
clothes, etc.; but they didn’ t give me
a pair o f socks.
I wanted a pair o f socks.
So I asked the guard for a pair.
The guard, (I th ink his name is
Egor), said, “ You have to send a kite
(interview request) to the command
ing officer o f the unit.” I filled out
the proper form, submitted it, and
waited. With cold feet.
The ‘ building’ as the Segregation
and Isolation unit is called, is a
cement structure well ventilated.
There are three floors, stairs in the
front, stairs in the back, walkways
between the two tiers o f cells on each
floor, ventilation ducts into each cell
and uninsulated doors and windows
in abundance. In short, there are
plenty o f drafts and hundreds o f
Lucid Walls o f Time
Julius Snowden »38013,
Editor
The World is a Ghetto
' 'A Musical Score ’ ’
The human being:
is a chaos o f cruelties
and nobilities, o f hatreds
and o f loves,
o f resentments
and
respects,
o f en vies
and admirations.
I seem to be loosing it
Perception o f time
Like counting notes
On endless stanzas
Five bells in three-quarter time
Two shower overtures
Hard-rock lullabies
Two sheets in each beat
Three frames o f meals
The hardest movement
A constant repetition o f this melody
With broken metranomes
Trying to keep tempo
Exhausted arrangements
Finding no key in which to rest
Amongst all these twisted strains
Sharp as a quip
Elat as deadness I can see and hear
A nd hum along with
Everywhere abounding inside
The no rhyme or reason
To this twenty-four hour symphony
He contains within him self
in his ferments.
much that is base
and
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bv R. ( lark
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The Intelligentsia
F IN A N C IA L
If I asked again what would they say
( “ Quit com plaining,” Egor might
say. “ millions o f people go without
s o c k s ." “ Yea, the ones going
without socks live on the South Sea
Islands,” I ’d reply.)
So the firs t week passed, the
second week passed, and (now it was
March), I still had cold feet.
It was getting to me. I was raised
in a culture where wearing socks was
normal. I wore them all the time, one
on each foot. Another week passed
and I asked again. " I need a pair o f
socks.” “ The laundry hasn’ t sent
any over,” replied Egor. " I got a
dozen new pairs in my property; let
me have those." “ I t ’ s against the
rules,” Egor smiled back. “ Look I ’ ll
buy a p a ir.” “ Against the rules,”
laughed Egor. " I ’ ve got a c o ld ."
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“ Here, have some cold p ills ,”
screamed Egor, the words barely in
telligible through his laughter.
You ever been really hungry and
looking forward to the next meal?
You ever been cold and dream o f a
warm place? W ell, i f you have,
you’ve got an idea o f what it means
to have your consciousness arrested.
My consciousness was arrested.
A nother week went by. And
another. Then, one beautiful spring
morning, (it was spring by now), I
was presented with a pair o f socks.
No bands played, no one applauded,
no flags were raised. But somehow I
thought it was a special occasion: the
intelligentsia o f rehabilitation had
finally figured out how to procure
and dispense one pair o f used cotton
socks.
OSP Sports Award Ceremony
Who in their right mind would
schedule an awards ceremony for
8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning?
Behind 30 foot guarded cement walls
nothing is considered abnormal or
unusual.
Trophies were given at the 1978-79
Sports Award Benefit held in the Ac
tivities Department o f O.S.P., given
to inmates who over the past year
have excelled in sports.
'Behind the W a ll’ congratulates
the following winners:
Most Valuable Player (basket
b all), H enry D izer; O utstanding
Player (basketball), A rbie Steele;
Most Valuable Player (softball), Don
Rosacker; Outstanding Player (soft-
b a ll), Ray M id d le to n ; R unning,
Floyd I orsberg; H a n d b a ll, Luis
Linares; Most Improved Handball
Player, Karl Slim; Boxing, George
Nulph; Billiards, Reggie Smallwood;
Foosball, C onnie T y rre ll; G o lf,
Chuck Johnson; Horseshoes, Ralph
Maring; Volleyball, Julius Snowden;
S h uffle b o a rd , Gary F inn ; Ping
Pong, Don Cornell; W eightlifting,
Henry Mullins; and Body Building,
Willie Thomas.
Certificates o f Appreciation were
given to: Don Yost, Ron Flynn,
Thomas Northern, Homer Gamble,
Delbert Fusion and Norman M ar
met.
To be the best in any sport or event
at O.S.P. is a feat to be proud of.
The inmates train and practice con
stantly to achieve these heights.
Sportsmanship—win or lose— is
looked upon as a measure o f one’s
success.
Governor explains Bass decision
G overnor Vic A tiye h has ex
plained his decision to return Carl
Bass to prison in Alabama.
In a “ Dear Fob" letter to Gover
nor l ob James ol Alabama, Atiyeh
referred to a February lederal court
ru lin g that c o n d itio n s in the
Alabama prison system were so bad
that they are unconstitutional. The
U.S. District Court ruled that theel-
fect ol health, sanitation and living
conditions are "a threat to life and
limb that violates the Eighth Amend
m ent."
Aityeh wrote, “ I’ m m indful o f a
recent federal court ruling which
placed you, as Governor directly in
charge o f the A labam a prison
system. More then anything else, it is
your assumption o f these responsi
bilities which gives me confidence
that unlaw ful retribution w ill not
befall Mr. Bass upon his return. As a
brother Governor, I am asking you
to take a personal interest in this
man’s wellbeing, and assure that he
is accorded fair and proper treat
ment when he resumes his imprison
ment.”
Governor Atiyeh has determined
that guilt or innocence o f the accused
person is not a valid reason to refuse
extradition, and that if Bass wants to
clear his record he will have to do
that in the courts in Alabama. Bass,
a decorated Vietnam veteran with no
previous criminal record, was con
victed o f murder on the word o f a
ten-year-old who described a "Black
man with an A fro .” He did not have
an appeal.
A tiye h also w ill not use Bass’
physical condition—the loss o f both
legs in prison— as a reason not to
return him. Bass claims he lost his
legs due to purposeful neglect after
he was returned to prison following
an escape. He sued but the court said
he "s u ffe re d no barbarous or
shocking neglect in basic medical
needs.” M ore recently the U.S.
District Court has found the prison
to have substandard medical care
and to have refused to meet stan
dards.
Governor Atiyeh does not find any
reason to believe Bass’ claim that if
he is returned to the Alabama prison
he w ill be killed.
In response to Atiyeh’ s concern
Governor James promised to "exer
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cise every care” to see that Bass is
given fair treatment. "
I am mind
lu l that protecting inmates within
the system is an essential part of an
effective prison system."
Unless Atiyeh changes his mind,
Bass’ last chance is a habeas corpus
hearing set for September 13th The
p ublic defender’ s o ffic e
has
suggested that Atiyeh place Bass on
probation w ith the understanding
that if he fails probation he will be
returned to Alabama.
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According to John Stambaugh the historical cycle of
society revolves in the following manner:
Society's progress from bondage to spiritual faith —
from spiritual faith to courage —from courage to
freedom—from freedom to abundance—from abun
dance to selfishness (when the abundance reaches
selfishness consider it a warning)—from selfishness
to apathy—from apathy to dependency-from de
pendency right back into bondage.
While this describes the rise and fall of sociological
civilizations, and in general lets us know where we
are in this cycle, as a society, it also can be used to
check our attitude toward our personal relationships.
Two Questions:
1. Where do you think our society is at this point in
time?
2. Where do you FEEL you are within our society at
this point in time?