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No.24  \nOhio Study...  \n## INMATES CLAIM DRUGS,ALCOHOLLEADING CAUSES OF CRIME\n\nSay Treatment Can Help Cut Crime  \nMore property criminals are driven to crimeby drugs and alcohol than any other factor,accord-ing to a study of 589 prison inmates serving sen-tences for property crimes in Ohio.  \nIn the study,The Figgie Report Part V-The Business of Crime:The Criminal Perspec-tive,the offenders were asked what their mainreason was for committing property crimes.One-fifth(20 percent)answered“to get money fordrugs or alcohol,”and 16 percent said they were\"under the influence of drugs or alcohol\"at thetime of the crime.In other words,a total of 36percent cited drugs or alcohol as their motivationto commit crime —nearly twice the number thatlisted“to get money for my own expenses,”thenext most popular response.  \nThe inmates were also asked to rate theimportance of various social and economic factorsin property crime,and drugs received the highestscore,followed by unemployment and alcohol.\"Desire for pleasure(sex,drugs,alcohol)\"wasalso rated as very important.  \nThe Figgie Report also said that a substantialnumber of high-volume offenders cited drugs andalcohol as the main reasons they committed crime.Of all the inmates who said they committed six ormore crimes in the year prior to their conviction,more than one-third were primarily motivated bydrugs and alcohol.  \n(See PROPERTY CRIMINALS,page seven)  \nNovember 30,1988  \nIN THIS ISSUE                   \nOHIO INMATES:Say Drug.Alcohol TreatmentThe Most Effective Programs For Them…       …1WACKENHUT:Wins Texas Contract………    …2BRAZIL:Prison Killings Increase…          …2AJA:Offers Training Bulletins.      …     …2MAINE:Envelope Marking Program Upheld     …3CIVIL SUITS:Feds Get Shield Law.……        …4AIDS CARRIERS:Criminal Sanctions Increasing……5MASSACHUSETTS:“Check's In The Mail”…   …5IDAHO:Boy Jailed For Smoking.…………  …6  \nN.J.,WV:Murderers Flee Prisons………   ………9  \n## PENNSYLVANIA PAROLE DRUGOFFENDER PROGRAM FEATUREDIN DEC.4 ABC-TV SPECIAL\n\n“Trackdown”focuses on the war on drugs in onePhiladelphia neighborhood,spearheaded by an experi-mental Intensive Drug Unit of the Pennsylvania parolesystem,Sunday,Dee.4(8:00-9:00 p.m,ET),on theABC Television Network.This is the second presentationof“Trackdown,\"a real-life program detailing America'sparole system.Avery Brooks,who starred as Hawk inABC's popular“Spenser.For Hire,\"stars in this serieswhich introduces the audience to the men and women onboth sides of the law.In this program,the Intensive DrugUnit,located in the heart of one Philadelphia neighbor-hood,goes on the offensive against parolees who havereturned to the streets and drugs.When the unit firststarted,one in three parolees failed their drug tests.Recently,the numbers were 1 in 50.  \nCORRECTIONS DIGEST  \nThe Wackenhut Corporation of Coral Gables,Fla.,has been awarded a 31-month contract fun-ded by the State of Texas to operate a 619-bedparole violator detention facility in San Antonio.  \nUnder the terms of the contract,Wackenhutwill renovate and modernize an existing correc-tional facility,which was built in 1962 and iscurrently not being used,and have it operationalby Jan.23,1989.  \nThe contract for operation of the facility has,during the entire contract term,a potential value of$15 million and is subject to State Legislativeappropriations.  \nOnce renovatedthe former Bexar County Jailfacility will house parole violators from countiesthroughout the State of Texas.Wackenhut willalso incarcerate up to 158 U.S.Marshal's Serviceprisoners at the facility.  \nThe contracting of this facility by the State ofTexas represents the nation's largest single deten-tion facility to be privatized and turned over to aprivate sector company for its operation.  \nWackenhut Corrections Corporation,awholly-owned subsidiary of The Wackenhut Cor-poration,is presently under contract to operatecorrection/detention facilities in California,Colorado,New York and Texas.■  \n## 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