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VOL. 9 NO. 35 Thursday, July 24, 1975 10 cents per copy
Phtos-ln-lhe-Nm feffiL8* A Break At C o u n , vJ a i l
by Hank McCann
Extended privileges have been
granted inmates at the Nassau
County Correctional Center as a
result of court-approved set­tlement
between the county and
the Nassau Legal Aid Society.
The changes in regulations
which include liberalization of
visitation and telephone calls and
access to reading materials,
resulted from settlement of
several petitions filed with the
courts by inmates over the last 3
years. The matters, which came
before judges in various courts,
were consolidated into a class
action before U.S. Federal
District Court Judge Orrin G.
Judd in Brooklyn.
A series of negotiation sessions
were held over a period of months
and resulted in the agreement
approved by the court.
The new rules now are nearly
all in effect, according to
Corrections Commissioner Saul
A. Jackson, who took part in the
negotiations with Chief Deputy
Nassau County Attorney Burton
Joseph and Deputy County At­torney
Jack Olchin. The inmates
were represented by Nassau
Legal Aid Scoiety Criminal
Appeals Bureau Chief Matthew
Muraskin of Wantagh and Legal
Aid attorney Harry Hersh of
Great Neck.
The new regulations include:
. Inmates will be permitted to
make changes in the two names
on their visitors' list every seven
days rather than every two
weeks. Two 20-minute visitations
per week will continue.
. Inmates, except those who are
considered security riskes, will
be allowed "contact" visits. The
glass partition between inmates
and visitors will be removed so
parties may hold hands. A metal
detector similar to those used at
airports, is to be installed at the
Corrections Center to scan
visitors. Contact visits will be
under close staff supervision.
. Inmates will, not the first
time, be allowed visits from their
children under 16 years of age,
where the youngsters are ac­companied
by an adult.
. Inmates will be allowed to
subscribe directly to publishers
of magazines of their choice,
where formerly they were
restricted to publications sup­plied
in the library. Additional
magazines will be provided in the
library.
. Additional daily newspapers
will be supplied to the library and
at least one copy each of four
available daily papers will be
delivered to each floor of the
center.
. Inmates will be allowed two,
three-minute telephone calls
each week where they formerly
were allowed only one such call.
The alternative would be one six-minute
call. Calls are made on a
collect basis and are placed from
recreations room phone booths.
The county is committed to
continued effort to obtain federal
funds for the installation of an
indoor gym for use of inmates
during winter and inclement
weather. An outdoor exercise
yard is in current use.
Inmates at the center
awaiting trial will not be subject
to restrictions on hair length,
beards or mustaches.
County Executive Ralph G.
Caso, in reviewing the regulation
changes, said: "I feel these are
reasonable changes and are in
line with the enlightened
penology which Sheriff Michael
P. Seniuk and Commissioner
Jackson have advocated. We
believe those who brush with the
law should be handled in a
responsible way in order to help
them in a successful return to
society."
Muraskin, commenting on the
settlement, said: "The Legal Aid
Society is pleased these changes
have been made. We stand ready
to assist when ever called upon to
assure that the constitutional
rights of everyone are respec­ted."
Jackson said many of the
complaints from inmates go back
more than two years and changes
in rules were previously im­plemented.
He said none of those
who petitioned the courts remain
at the Correctional Center in East
Meadow.
On Tour With Joanne (Continued from Last Week)
CHATTING WITH GOVERNOR HUGH CAREY at recent dinner-dance
held by Nassau County Democrats in Great Neck are: Arnold
and Carole Fishman. Carole is candidate for Town Council in the
Town of Oyster Bay.
Governor Carey was guest of honor and principal speaker; Former
Nassau County Executive Eugene H. Nickerson and Democratic
County Chairman Stanley Harwood shared the M.C. honors (or
chores) at the fund-raiser.
Also shown with the Governor is BETHPAGE TRIBUNE publisher
Florence Cullem and Chips Bari of the L.I. Entertainer.
Nassau Democratic leader Stanley Harwood and Suffolk leader
Dominick Baranello join in the light-hearted reportee. The evening
was pleasant and quite successful for the Democrats.
A PLEDGE from Deputy
Commissioner Edmund A. Ocker
of the Nassau County Depart­ment
of Recreation and Parks
kicks off the Blood Donor
Campaign for Inter-County Blood
Services at Eisenhower Park as
Michel Freoa of Nassau County's
BAND Office looks on. August is
Blood Donor Month in Nassau
County. Donations are accepted
at the Dynamic Care Unit of the
N.C. Medical Center.
Hi!
I had arranged to meet Mrs.
Pamela Wells, a sister Sorop-timist
from the Blackpool Club,
and looked forward to seeing her
after a number of years. I first
met her in 1965 and again some
years later in London. It was
through Mrs. Wells and the
Blackpool Club that the A^S had
such a sucessful concert there.
So, as an old friend of the AYS,
she was delighted that she could
attend our concert today.
After warm and cordial
greetings, Mr. Wells drove off on
business and left Pamela to enjoy
the day with us. She too had been
under the impression that
Huddersfield was a soot$y, in­dustrial
town but that impression
was soon dispelled. It was a
warm sunny day and as we sat in
the little park, Miss Kaye ex­plained
that the area had been
declared a smokeless zone and
many of the buildings were being
sandblasted, removing years and
years of soot and grime.
. We talked first about our
respective families and our
careers and the affairs of our
Soroptimist Clubs. I had asked
my hostess about the cost of
renting a flat as compared to
buying a house and since she had
not been certain, I was glad to be
able to get specific figures} from
Pamela, who is a Solicitor and
handles conveyances. Tfje in­terest
is 11 percent; rents are
paid weekly to coincide with the
weekly pay of the working class;
professionals get paid monthly.
When I told her that where I live a
three room apartment rents from
two hundred-fifty dollars and up,
she said that no one would dream
of paying such an exhorbitant
rent, they would buy instead. The
cost of a small, semi-detached
three bedroom house in the north
of England would be about $9,500
and closer to London about
$13,000. Coal is no longer used for
heating and the homes are
converting to natural gas, which
is brought in by pipeline from the
North Sea. Petrol costs about 70
pence per gallon and an
AustinAUegro gets about 30 miles
on a gallon. One more thing, a
shorthand typist earns about $25
to $30 a week in the north and
closer to London about $40 to $50.
(I suggest you do your own con­verting
and see the difference).
Time for the concert in the
auditorium of Town Hall. As the
Mayor and Mayoress enter all
rise and then rise again for the
playing of the national anthems
of both countries.
We are a large v-oup and still
just getting acquainted. As the
band played on I was surprised to
get a glimpse of Mrs. Coleen
Backhand, of Deadwood, South
Dakota, and the nurse on the blue
bus, Deating away on the big bass
drum. I found out later she has
been playing in school bands
since she was in grade school and
even now, although employed as
a fulltime nurse in a hospital,
plays in the town band.
As the concert progressed I
was fascinated with the entire
percussion section; Scot An­derson
of Costa Mesa, California,
the section leader and Stephen
Anderson and Lynn Harvey, both
of Lead, South Dakota. Long­haired,
pretty Carol Hicks, our
timpanist from Deadwood,
handles her instruments with
such flare, and appears to be
dancing to the beat of the music.
She has be*»n a nontext winner in
All State Orchestras and All State
Bands in South Dakota. She has
been the recipient of many gold
medals and has this year won a
full scholarship in music at
Chadron State College.
The chorus gave a fine per­formance,
as usual. Sandra
Reinert of Allison Park, Penna.,
took the lead in "I Hear a Song,"
in her beautiful soprano voice.
The Mayor's reception was
scheduled for two o'clock and we
were ushered into a dining salon
with long buffet tables laden with
a most sumptuous feast. There
was roast chicken, cold meats,
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