University, Daily, Kapsan / Wednesday November 28, 1990
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the only problem with the work-release program. If he could have his way, the Douglas County program would be more like Shawnee County's.
"We feel there's a need for more structure," he said. "We feel there's a need for more treatment, more programs. Shawnee County has that; we don't. We would like a more trained program in Douglas County."
The Shawnee County Work Release facility is in Topeka in a wing of the Shawnee County Jail, which was built last year. Immates are housed in six bed rooms and are allowed to wear their own clothes.
They have television rooms with soft-chiored chairs, a multi-purpose room for meals and a gym with a weight set, pool table and ping-pong.
table. There is a basketball court outside. Showers and toilets are in a separate room. The cameras on the windows remind that the building is a jail.
The atmosphere is relaxed,but the program is supervised tightly.
Gooody Ari, corrections counselor at Shawnee County, said that residents were required to tell employers that they were in the facility and that a work-release coordinator called frequently to check on inmates' behavior.
Art said the inmates went through a phase system that gave them rewards for responsible behavior. The faster the offenders completed the phases, the less time they are in the prison. At the minimum sentence was 133 days.
"There's positive reinforcement for good performance." Ari said.
Matese said that when the Douglas County adult subcommittee and jail
committee discussed developing a work-release program similar to Shawne County's, the issue was placed on the back burner.
"They want a program that will treat people, and that costs money," he said. "I prepared a budget, and I told them to realize how expensive it was."
"I did something wrong, and I'm aware of that," Dreiling said. "But when it gets to the position I m in, if not a matter of the hours you're there
Dreiling said he would favor a change in the Douglas County program. He said that although work-release status was better than being locked up all day, he thought work-release inmates deserved better treatment.
— it's that you're in there at all. I don't feel like I should be in jabber, and that's what this work-release program is. It's jail; that's all there to be.
brother who lives in Silao Springs, Ark. said that as he saw his brother lay in a coma the night of Oct. 14, he refused to believe that a man who had won the Oklahoma state title in the mile run in 1983 could be in such position.
and after a growth on his vocal cords disappeared.
Roger Soldier said that as his brother's condition improved, it was hard for doctors to speculate about Rodney's recovery.
Rodney Soldier said he would move back to Lawrence in early December, after doctors checked for fluid that might be building up in his head
He has arranged to live with a friend who can watch him, Soldier said. He walks off-balance, and if he falls, he can lose all the progress he has gained
His friend will drive him to therapy at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Soldier said. It may be a year before he recuperates fully.
"It was really hard for me to accept, seeing him lying there," said Roger Solider. 28. "I just kept seeing him coming to see me on summer vacations, and we would play basketball or go running."
Soldier said that hospital life had been lonely but that he was cheered by visits from family and friends. He also held friendships with doctors and nurses.
Soldier said he would like to take the appropriate legal action if he ever found out that someone had insured him.
out it's not real life." Soldier said "I'll soon be going back to my life. I can't be shell shocked I keep calm I don't afraid to go back to life as I knew it."
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Soldier to remember what happened.
"Each day that goes by, there's more hope of that." Mullens said.
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"I've had to suffer for what they did, and my family has had to suffer and everyone I'm associated with has had to suffer." Soldier said. "Now that I'm in therapy I'm proving everyone wrong that I am not going to suffer like this. But whover did this to me got the wrong person."
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