Psychologist calls Marion prison tour chilling
Tim Landis reports that Craig Haney a UC Santa Cruz psychologist who studied the 1980 New Mexico prison riot described conditions at Marion as dangerous and chilling during his testimony in a case claiming the near two year lockdown violates inmate rights. He warned of social withdrawal mental distress and potential violence if inmates lack outlets for hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Landis
Southern Illinois
New Mexico
U.S
Marion
Craig Haney
University of California At Santa Cruz
Haney
New Mexico State
Ralph Friederich
Friederich
Bagel vendors clash over 8 pm rule in Carbondale
Carbondale leaders narrowly rejected changing a 8 pm private property sale ban after a dispute sparked by Larry Gilbert of Carterville. Some vendors moved to private lots, while others backed enforcement. Council split 3 to 2 with Kelley, Yow and Westberg pushing for the status quo.
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Dave DeWitte
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
Larry Gilbert
Carterville
Gilbert
John Huffman
Huffman
Jack Koeinick
Jackson
Memorial Hospital faces census slump amid regional competition
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale reports a four month admissions decline the first since 1977. Occupancy fell to about 70 percent in June and has crept back up this month. Administrators expect cost cuts and expanded specialist recruitment to grow volume while HMO trends and Medicare DRG changes curb admissions nationwide.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
George Maroney
Memorial Hospital
Maroney
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Memorial
Southern Illinois
HMO
Shawnee Health Maintenance Organization
Medicare
Memorial Hospital of
Illinois
Carbondale Clinic
Towboat worker drowns on Kaskaskia River near Baldwin
A barge worker fell into the Kaskaskia River near Baldwin and drowned. Terry R. Perkinson, 34, of Hamburg, Calhoun County, was found about 11 a.m. two hours after he was reported missing.
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Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia
Baldwin
Randolph County
Neil Birchler
Terry R. Perkinson
Hamburg
Calhoun County
House hearing set on Marion lockdown by federal prison
A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold a Wednesday hearing on the October 1983 lockdown at the U S Penitentiary Marion. The session, led by Rep. Robert Kastenmier, will hear testimony from Marion Warden Jerry Williford and activists questioning the initial report and calling for progress toward easing the lockdown amid alleged inmate beatings. The two hour hearing follows criticism by the Marion Prisoners Rights Project that investigations were inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Landis
U.S
Marion
House Judiciary
Civil Liberties
Administration of Justice
Robert Kastenmier
D-Wis
Marion Prisoners Rights Project
Jan Susler
Prisoners Rights Project
Susler
Congressional
Jerry Williford
Carbondale Fixes Sidewalk Access After Oversight
Carbondale City Council approves an $18,300 project to replace 1,555 square feet of sidewalk and 145 square yards of driveway on East College Street after curb rollups caused wheelchair traction issues. Officials say prior designs conflicted with accessibility laws and vow tighter future reviews. The work uses leftover federal funds from the 1984 project to address increased disabled traffic near SIUC’s Evaluation and Development Center.
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Dave DeWitte
Carbondale
East College Street
College Street Bridge
City Hall
Lewis Lane
Ed Reeder
Reeder
Lic
John Yow
Yow
Sycamore Street
Oakland Avenue
Oakland
Helen Westberg
Carbondale Partnership For the
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Evaluation and Developmental Center
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Keith Tuxhorn
Patrick Kelley
Tuxhorn
Kelley
Neil Dillard
Bill Dixon
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Kaathy Novak
Dede Splaingard
Lesley Steiskal
Chip Reaves
Dan Duda
Valier
Illinois Department of Public Health
Department of Mines and Minerals
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Public Health
Franklin County Fossil Fuel, Inc
Old Ben
Herrin
IEPA
Gulf Bus
Gulf Transport Company
West
Gulf Transport
E.A. Collier
Collier
Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Device
Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Pushing
ALCD
Springfield
Bend Lake
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