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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday. October 28, 1986
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Karleen Kerr, Lawrence citizens' representative on the county advisory board, said she favored the community corrections program.
"Since the offenders would be non-
violent, I see no problem with having
them get into trouble."
"Keeping them out of the prisons would keep them from learning to be better criminals," she said. "This way, they would stay in the community and learn to become better citizens."
If the county commission approves the plan, it will go to the state department of corrections for final
approval.
A public hearing is planned for Nov. 6 at an undetermined location in Lawrence to get public reaction to the program.
Matees said overrowding and hazardous conditions in state prisons were two reasons to keep criminals away from offenses in the communities.
Matese also noted financial reasons to institute the community corrections program where possible.
Corrections department statistics would be increased if would spend less to finance an off-credit loan.
fender participating in the community corrections program than to put the offender into the state prison system. Matese said.
Statewide, offenders in community corrections programs cost the state an average of $1,600 annually, while state inmates in correctional state an average of $1,672 annually.
Flory said he thought the only possible problem with the program might be the program's charge-back system.
Some communities had suffered large deductions from their state grants because of the charge-backs.
Under the plan, the state would deduct money from the county's program grant for each offender who couldn't be retained in the community corrections program and so was passed into the state prison system.
An offender could be dropped from the community corrections program he violated the program's guidelines or if he committed another offense.
According to last year's figures for the program, the state reclaimed $245 for each day an offender spent in the county program before entering prison.
Unlike some prevention hotlines, she said. Headquarters don't try to get people to vote.
"We'll acknowledge the good stuff and the bad stuff and talk about it 0900."
Epstein said the service got 700 calls and 300 visits every month from people whose friends or family were contemplating suicide.
The key to foiling a suicide, she said, was an honest, open discussion with the suicidal person.
If suicidal people can't get help from their friends, she said, they should contact any of the prevention agencies in Lawrence.
Epstein said the counselors would try to talk people out of suicide and then talk openly and seriously about their personal strengths.
These agencies and their numbers are: Headquarters, 841-2345; the Mental Health Clinic at Watkins Hospital, 843-4055; the Bert Nash Community Health Center, 843-9192; KU Psychological Clinic, 864-4121; KU Counseling Center, 864-3931; the Christian Counseling Center, 843-2429; Catholic Social Services, 841-0397; Indian Health Services, 843-3750.
Local police officers and paramedics also are trained to handle attempted suicide.
Suicide
Brian Lawrence, director of operations at the Douglas County ambulance service, said that while paramedics were trained to handle suicide attempts, success depended on the paramedic's personality.
"I guess the key is to be cool, calm and collected," he said. "We try to talk to the person instead of just treating him like a patient."
son has obviously reached out," she said. "At least then we know that person has a little bit of ambivalence toward dying."
Drugs
Lawrence said paramedics had used several methods to save suicide victims. Victims's family members were also asked to leave the room, tempt are asked to leave the room, he
said, so the victim can talk to the paramedic.
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Maj. Ron Olin, Lawrence police spokesman, said Lawrence police officers were trained and periodically retrained to handle suicide attempts. The officer's records indicating the number of attempted suicides were not available
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While officers are trained to handle the general incident, Olin said, most cases are highly individual.
When police receive calls about people who are attempting suicide, he said, the incident is handled like a medical emergency. In those cases, he said, both police officers and paramedics respond.
This system would require law enforcement officers to inform the county appraiser whenever a person in their county was arrested for possession of large quantities of controlled substances that might be sold.
Menendez explained that after someone was arrested for drugs, the appraiser could determine the value of the drugs. Then, an assessment could be issued and taxes could be levied against the individual's property if authorities determined that the property was used for manufacturing drugs.
An individual also could face back taxes and penalties on the property.
Under Kansas laws, a person living in his home is not required to list household goods for assessment because of specific statutory exemptions. But if a person uses his home to purchase goods for profit, he no longer is exempt.
"These laws have been on the books well before the turn of the century." Menendez said. "The law defines a manufacturer as any person who uses his personal property for profit."
Fleming said he didn't know of any cases in Kansas where this practice was being used. He said he thought the cases were unaware of the system
Lester Mitscher, KU professor of medicinal pharmacy, said setting up a home laboratory to produce drugs was not an easy thing to do.
Albrecht ex-KU dean dies at 79
By a Kansan reporter
William P. Albrecht, former professor of English and former dean of the Graduate School, died at 2:55 p.m. yesterday. He was 79.
No cause of death was given.
Funeral arrangements are pending
at the Rumsey Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St.
Mr. Albrecht joined the KU faculty in 1957 and was chairman of the English department from 1957 to 1962, then as Dean of the Graduate School from 1963 to 1972.
He was elected to the International Association of University Professors of English, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961.
Mr. Albrecht graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1929, and he began teaching there in 1934. He also taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Pittsburgh, Bucknell University and the University of New Mexico before coming to the University of Kansas.
In 1973, Albrecht received the Alumni Merit Award from Carnegie-Mellon for outstanding achievements and service to the university.
Mr. Albrecht is survived by his wife, Jane M. Albrecht; two sons, Thomas F. Albrecht and William P. Albrecht, Jr.; and one daughter, Jane Lanier Alix.
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