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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1954)
: PAGE SIXTEEN ttpiratxi tim wros KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. State Prison Warden Tells Of Improving Conditions By f&VL W. HABVEY JR. I SALEM Wl Warden Clarence T. Gladden looked backward Thursday upon a full year's work et the Oregon State Penitentiary. He found that he had achieved all ol his major objectives except lor vocational education program. "Our big task now," Gladden aid, "is to get Industries at the prison, so we can teach men voca tions. That will require action by the Legislature." Big changes have occurred since Gladden, a retired federal prion official, took over April 1, 1953. There had been considerable prls ' on unrest and political Interference ; at the prison. It Is a calm, orderly place now. The Inmates are busy and well disciplined. School classes are held day and night. The food Is better, i mum twMthi mnirnrn urn In the new segregation building where they ' can t create aisturoances. ' The men seem contented, and Spring Water Forecast Told JOHN DAY Wl - The Harney and John Day basins will have this year at least as much lrrlg tion water as they did last year. Water forecasters said at meet ings In Burns and John Day Wed nesday that the amount of water available, however, will be under the average of the past 10 years. That U because the snow cover In most places Is lighter, and much of the snow already has melted at lower elevations. This Is offset in part by the fact that the ground still is well-soaked lrom a wet fall. About the only place in the two basins where this is not true is in the Condon area, where drying winds have been blowing. For the John Day River the fore casters said the main fork runoff jvlll be about 8B per cent of normal and the middle and north forks about 86 per cent of average. In the Harney Basin the Sllvles River runoff is expected to be about 55 per cent of average; the Donner and Blltzen River 86 per cent of average, and Trout Creek M per cent of average. ' The forecasts, now being made In a aeries of meetings over the state, are cooperative projects of the Weather Bureau, the Soil Con servation Service and the Oregon State College Extension Service, FLOODS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Wl This . capital city and the southern oil center of Basrah braced their de fenses Thursday against the threat of new flood crests. The rampag ing 'Tigris River already has cause. Iraq's worst floods in hun dreds . '( years. they respect Gladden.-They got uns respect lor mm ,, they held their four-day rebellion. They -rebelled to find out who was boss, and Gladden showed them. "Is there any HKciinooa or iur ther trouble in the prison? I "I doubt It," the warden replied. "The men don't have much lucen tvie to cause trouble, because they are more contended and secure. No trouble can occur in a prison if every officer does his Job, an) If every Inmate is treated equally and fairly." j ' . TIGHT DISCIPLINE Gladden regards the tightening of discipline as a major achieve ment. This applies both to Inmates and guards. "We have Installed a record of fice, so now we have complete records about every Inmate. We have individualized treatment, so every man is classified to be placed on Jobs for which he Is most suited. "We've broken up the system uniA,. n,hih anmA inmates ran the institution. Guards now can work with confidence that they won't be punched in tne nose oy inmaico. "We've stopped the theft of food. wa'va khvpH ai.ooo a month Just by stopping coffee theft. "Stricter controls have made It hard for the men to get narcotics and benzedrine. And the manufac ture of pruno (home-made liquor) haB been virtually swppea.' RATION SYSTEM ninriripn now is nutting In a new ration system, under which each inmate gets live pounus oi iooa hk nr 4 ram calories. This In- niuripK a half nound of meat, pint of milk, and half an egg.- In one month, tne prison uses 10 RHA . nntlnrict nf mpnt. 28.000 rr,',,H. f nnlnhw-.l. 15.200 Sounds of bread, s.amj gauons ui mi., 17.000 Bounds or veKciawicn, turn 11 OAn nnltnda rtf frlllt. nhn umrripn lii nroud of the wav he's made over the 1,400-acre pris on farm to increase proaucuon. He's putting In a beef cattle opcr atlnn rnvnmnfnff 1 the hot? and chicken layouts, and changing the locations of tne garaens vo oeuer sites. ' Tha nrarflpn has mndernlzed the hospital. It now averages 20 pa tients a day, comparea wiin ou dc- fn,n ha tnftlr rnmmalHl. . A ranmatinn timfrmm.. bflSSd mostly on Intramural sports, is be ing started. This program was nem back for many months because the convicts burned up their sports equipment in the July reneuion. n.,arAa .r. npttor' TWIH HOW. All of them get an instruction course, and Olaaaen js puumg m and pistol range on the farm so guards can learn to shoot straight. During Gladden's first year, he completed the segregation build- EAST SIDE ELECTRIC Induttrlal Commercial end Reiidenliol Wirlnf . Visit our new Lighting . Fixture Room. . Moron, Control, and Wiring Supplies. SHOP PHONE . . .3184 Emergency Phones . . 4881 2-3528 2-1779 lnar. .which hounpR fin men: installed a modern' bakery, put in a shoe suop uo serve ail male jiisv"uv""u, and 'installed a tailor shop to make all Drison clnthino-.. Now he's beginning construction of a 159-cell building for minimum security prisoners. He estimates it will be completed in 11 months. There are 1,373 men and 38 wo- I ! PLAN A PARTY! MAKE A DATE FOR TUESDAY -APRIL 6th mi f A DANCING AKIVIwK I 9-1 Benefit American Legion Drum Corp Uniform Fund i Tickers on sole at Derby Music Co. and Kyle Morgan Pianos $1.50 per person. men at the prison, 140 inmates t the farm, ana camp in the Tillamook Bum. There are 110 guaras, an in crease of 29 over a year ago. ljj iuwih nnmethinix can be none for the women, whose life is rugged bause they are coopec 1 HTwd iSe To"7ee the Legislature provide a separate in stitution for them. ' Gladden allows any convict to write to him, and he gives prompt attention to their letters. . "The only way . . ,.n t. to keen in close touch Twim the inmates." he says Gladden does p touchVtoo. No detail is too small thm miards and in- Sates. re amaied at the things he COAST-TO-COAST SPRING SALE ! 5-Foot Flexible ALL FOR GLASS ROD Famous "Ocean City" Level Wind CASTING REEL 20-lb. - 50 Yard NYLON LINE STAINLESS STEEL TABLEWARE 6 forks, 6 teaspoons, 6 soup spoons and 6 knives with plastic compartment tray can find wrong on his walks through the prison grounds ... . 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