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il j ; '.-I 'I 4SSec. IV) Statesman Salem; Ore., Sun., April 21, "57 Spotless; Cramped Wards Hold State Prison's 27 Women Cons - By ELSIE SCHILLEB , . ; Staff Writer, Tk Stateeaisa ! On steel-barred fie slides . ihut behind you before the one - facing you cracks open. , The concrete steps lead upward into a long nan and into a ep- : arate world aecluded from the Oregon State Penitentiary 'a main . business oi 1,356 male prisoners. :.cre, in these two wards above the prisons administration of. licet, bright curtains dance at the ' windows. Crocheted doilies decor- ate many of the narrow cots in the sleeping quarters. Lipsticks ' $nd hand lotions stand on the - battered dressers. Women in clean, tea uniforms bend over sewing machine in the cramped workroom, sit smoking In t h e small recreation room, Hurry tnrougn the hall in pin- curls and jeans on a maintenance detail. faying Debt te geclety I Tucked away in this corner of a man's prison world are 27 wo men currently paying tbeir debts They include two lifers, doing- 60 yearn as an habitual criminal and one in for 10 years - n a manslaughter charge. But . the average stay of a woman at the (Ute pea is two to .three ' rears. And the criminal charges that r put women behind bars are as ' varied as those for the male in mates. Warden Clarence T. Glad- den says.. , Yet the problems facing both ' the woman prisoner and the Bri ton administration are very oil - ferent ,, ; The biggest problems la terms : of housing, rehsbillUtioei grams and general administration . stem from the comparatively low number ef women who an sen- . tenced to the state prison. . 44 Tep Nassber i ,i, . There has - never' been more than 44 women la the Oregon ' Penitentiary to Warden Glad - den 'i knowledge. That top figure ' was reached in 1133 when women prisoners wen housed upstairs in the old administration building before- the present building was constructed in 1037., The female prison population lias swung erratically from 12 in 1022 (the first recorded figure available) to the 44 in 1032 to 10 tn 1MJ sod op to 31 In lSOaV - Because of these low popula tion figures, the women prison ers are easily forgotten tin the overall prison program. It Is harder to Justify time and money for rehabilitation prosrama. tt mere difficult to acquire legisla tive funds to ha prove soaditloas f w weeaen prisonersLv . Combine Pregnsa . ; Although no earn advocatee las prisoning mom women to over come thi basic problem, Beose BUI SOT (sow la the Way, and Mean Committee) doe, propose that women serving 90-day sen tences la county Jails bo lodged . ' , Quarters Crowded for Women Inmates J wrm, njion ... ' ' illi ) '.-Mm - )..'; U-room dormitory (room view above) at the Oreroa State Penltcatlary kclpcd allev lata crowded tonditioiis la the wemea'i ward when tt wai receTerted recently frea a autroa'a fffeo. But the womeo Urease are still overcrowded ta the two floort af the prisoa's admlnlstratioa bafldJng where lack of space add, to the problems of rehabil itation and prisoa admlnlstntion. (SUtesmaa Photo.) r " . ' ., WI CAN MAJCLOUt WU SUBUMT ' , (Autaor-f Kama Below) . When your health is good, your vary day m mora joy ous. I roubles are conspicu ously . absent, and you al ways wok forward to happy tomorrow. i ; But when you don't feel good everything " seems to go wrong. So ouerd your good hoelth carefully. Visit your physi- :ian at tha first sign of any 1 1 nets and rat him help you to live a mora sublime Jifa. Wa will ca-eparata by care fully compounding any me dication ho proscribes for you. . . , . 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Longfellow (1807-1882) Copyright 1057 (4WI) in a separate state woman's insti tution with female prison In mates. That would bring the pop ulation up to around loo. v Gladden hesitates to endorse such n step because be hasn't studied the possible, results of a combined proeram. But our biggest problem cer tainly is room," the warden says. We Just dont nave room here to conduct much of a program." ' So he's asked for $630,000 In the upcoming prisoa budget to construct a separate cottage-typo building en the prison-grounds for women prisoners. ' The Oregon Prisoa Association and the Women's "Prison Council not only beck up Giadden's re quest but strongly support an other provision in the house bill It would go one step further and locate the new institution off the prisoa grounds. ; , ' .' : ... And the two groups have man aged to gaia the backing of some zo organizations with a '. total membership of 44,000 for tha new Duumng. ' .;,','", v V, "-. ; "As long as you have men and women prisoners: in the same irea, you have problems," Claire Argow. executive director, of OPA, points outr"Of course, tney try to get la touch with each T other. They write notes. Tbe wo men have to be closely supe vised at all times especially dur ing the hour or so a day they arc allowed out on the prison grounds for exercise.'' 1 Small Becreetien Area.,"'; ? I'1; : Unlike the men, who now have a large recreation yard, the wo men can 'only be allowed out-of-doors in a very small area of tha prison grounds. , t . Constructlvd work to 011 kOa hours uvharder to find. The 'wo men can mend efexhing from fair view Home those who can handle the power tewing machines. Or they can iron for "other state in stitutions. They are paid small hourly wages for these chores And there are maintenance chorea assigned dally preparing meals, -washing dishes, keeping balls and rooms spotless. Some educational facilities . are available. Six women are cur- Scientists Search for Super Stink LONDON (INS) Research work ers in Britain's gas industry are busy studying smells. . They are seeking a distinctive odor something that smells like nothing on earth to introduce into domestic gas to make It saier It s all part of a big research urogram being carried out by the Gas Council into the recommenaa tlons of the British Medical Aseo ciatioa's special committee on gas poisoning. -. A satisfactory metnoa or mensur ing smells has been developed and the chemical industry U supplying different odors. But choice la tbe big probleav - . The odor mutt bo pungent something that can be associated instantly with coal gaa and nothing elss-and yet It must ,not be too revolting or housewives will be sure to complain. I. Once the unique smell is found and methods' to introduce it Into the gas supply discovered; tbe gas industry will try it out in a small area before launching a nation wide exporirneat. t - . Title Restored COLOGNE. Germany. April 30 Ut - The title of Maha UparaJ (sensed kinc)-of Laos has been restored to - Prince - PhetsaratlL home from self-imposed exile. The Prince, eldest nephew of King Sisavang Vong, went into 'exile 13 years ago. Restoration of the title viewed as bolstering - Pbet- sarsJb't chances of becoming pre mier Bag Haakon was 33 yean old when he was placed on the Nor wegiaa throne In 1906. He demand ed an election te tea If the public approved hi enthronement, and be has been reigning ever tinea. - really taking high school courses in tbe prison t education program, a couple are taking , classes in group therapy. A Problem But here ngain space la a prob lem. Several years ago, when the Women's Prison Council spon sored a square dance class for tbe women, the noise from the second floor almost drove the warden out of his downstairs office. "Women prisoners aront escape risks," Warden Gladden says. He recalls only one woman ever eaping from the state prison and none during tbe tour years of hit administration. Yet they are kept under maxi mum security regulations in their present quarters the most ex pensive type of imprisonment to maintain. , Individual disagreements cauas the major, discipline problems among women prisoners, he points out. When the population in their section rises, the problems rise too. ' no adds. .- $ '. - , . . t .... .J; Crowded Boemt , he live or six crowded into with little to occupy their minds." At advocate of separate rooms for all prisoners. Warden Gladden believes women especially need the privacy of tingle rooms. There are now six single rooms on the third floor along tha sleep ing corridor but the; majority of the women share rooms three or tow to a roam when tha popula tion it low at it it now and firs or six when it climbs above 30. . Reconverting the matron's office "Put yourself la their place," suggests, "and imagine fiv on the second floor Into a sin -room dormitory during the past year has alleviated soma of, the pres sure. -: But the dining room, which seats about 30, still doubles aa a chapel, a TV room and a study room. The tiny recreation room it not large enough to teat more than a hand ful at :: time. , . ; , ' And there Isn't any other direc tion In which to expand the wo men's quarters even if anyone wanted them left where they are. . -. . . ( v.j.. ..... , Chinese Praise Tiger Hunter HONG KONG (INS) Tiger bunting in Rod China ranks among the virtues of the Chinese Commu nists. .' 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