MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1963
Women Prisoners Mould Useful Careers as Nursing Trainees
I Bv ANN H. PF ARSON i n-u..
1 By ANN H. PEARSON
Salem - (IIP!) - "I came into
the penitentiary without a fu
ture, no interests, and I've
found something very gratify
ing and I'm building a life of
it."
The speaker was one of 11
women who don special uni
forms in their prison cells
each morning and drive off
to put in a hard day's work
in the State Mental hospital.
They are taking part in a
pioneer program believed the
only one of its kind in the
nation.
Dr. Harry Cloyd and War
den Clarence Gladden say the
program has seemed to con.
tnouie substantially to re
habilitation.
And, says Dr. Cloyd, the
girls are helping to fill a need
at the hospital. Without them,
the work they perform just
wouldn t be done.
The women have commit
ted crimes ranging from bad
checks and thievery to mur
der. They come into prison,
say Cloyd and Gladden,
' loners, isolates. . . . with per
sonality problems and no
sense of living in society.'
"In this program, for many
of them, it's their first ex
perience in working beside
people who are living normal
lives.
"They see patients worse
off and realize they are not
so bad off.
"The social and psycho
logical training may be more
valuable than the nursing
training.
"The ultimate test depends
on whether they do a better
job of living when they get
out."
The idea started two years
ago in the mind of an inmate
who belonged to Dr. Cloyd's
therapy group. She suggested
hospital training, and noted it
would help inmates get jobs
in hospitals and nursing
homes after release.
The doctor and the warden,
working together, drew up
the plan for giving the women
training and work at the near
by state hospital. Others in
volved gave it their blessing.
In December, 1961, the first
class of carefully chosen
prisoners began two months
of training. Since then, 22
women have graduated and
11 now work at the hospital.
Some have been released from
prison and found similar jobs
outside.
The inmates are driven to
the hospital at 8 a.m. after
breakfast with other inmates
at the over-crowded prison.
They wear grey pinafores
over white blouses, designed
by an earlier class.
During training, they learn
how to apply dressings, turn
patients, care for bed sores,
handle supplies, make beds,
take temperatures.
Families are invited to
special graduation c e r e m o-
Family
Council
Fdltora Nce: The Family Coun
cil consists of a judge, a osychia
trlst, three clergymen, a newspaper
editor a corner' 4 editor, and two
writers Kacb article is a summary
of an actual case history Tno
Council reports on problems that
ive been dealt with by respon
sible agencies and counselors.
(Copyright 1963
General Features Corp.)
Sheila R. - How do you
shake a man you're no longer
interested in?
Bill F. - She was plenty
Interested in me when she
had no one else.
Sheila R. - I'm a widow, 40
years old. Last year I dated a
man ten years my junior. We
went out a few times, but I
didn't enjoy his company.
Foolishly I revealed a physi
cal weakness. Now, for spite,
he tells everyone he meets
about it. He symbolizes the
real cad. When I refuse to
accept his invitations, he
spreads false rumors to make
sure I can't date anyone else.
He should just bow out.
Bill F. - If she didn't enjoy
my company she sure put on
a good act. She flattered me,
told me I acted like a man
of the world. Since her old
friends have moved back into
town she wants to drop me
cold. My old bridges, how
ever, are burned behind me.
Sheila has some obligation to
me. I'm not an old shoe she
can put on and take off at
will. That talk she blames me
fnr isn't mv fault. She's told
many other people about her
condition.
The Council: How many
ways are there to sav r,ie
End, Kaput, Finito? Tin Pan
Alley does it with endless
torch songs such as, "I used
to love you but it's all over,"
or "Say it isn't so." And peo
ple of few words mutter, "Get
lost." . . . Call it an interlude.
Bill, and chalk up another
experience in understanding
women. You're young and
now you're a bit wiser, too.
Go forward to new, more
fruitful friendships. Spread
ing unsavory tales about
Sheila may well boomerage
against you. Such talk reveals
as much about the maligner
as the maligned. Sheila is en
tirely within her rights to
cJiange her mind. Her feelings
17jve cooled and so must your
heels.
nies. me women receive
shoulder emblems designating
them as "nursing assistants."
After graduation each train
ed inmate is assigned to a I help with recreation and oc- they work in, but they can
ward, usually containing bed- cupational therapy. move freely inside. They eat
riaaen or eiaeriy patients. The women prisoners must lunch at the hospital and use
They care for patients and remain inside the buildings ! the coffee shop. At 4 p.m.,
uicjr aic ii-iuniea to me meant. says one.
prison. "It's given us great insight "We realize we're not as
The girls themselves tell: into ourselves . . . and also bad off as we thought we
best what the work has I into the problems of others," were," says another.
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