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45 THE OSHAWA Times, Wednesdoy, October 6, 1965 A New Look In Prisons For Women BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. (AP) "The biggest thing we've done is eliminate fear," says Mrs. Lillian V. Fish, superintendent of New York State's only wom- en's prison. ' In her three years as head of Westfield ° State Farm, Mrs. Fish related, "We have insti- tuted a consistent program of discipline, we've placed more responsibility on the inmate, and we let them know in ad- vance when a change is due." The 264 - acre complex, 40 miles north of New York City, costs $2,500,000 a year to oper- ate. About 350 persons are em- ployed at Westfield, which houses a reformatory as well as the prison. f There are about 245 women in the prison, which can accommo- date 333, and 216 in the reform- atory, which can house 262. Each arriving inmate has an interview with Mrs. Fish or the deputy superintendent. MEETS INMATES "It's important for the girl to see who is in charge and to know we have a personal know!l- edge of her case," Mrs. Fish said. ; Elected representatives of the inmates meet weekly with a staff member. Personal inter- views also are granted. "T want to handle the gripes before they explode," she said. "The biggest problem with running an institution like this is getting a well-qualified staff. By that, I don't mean educa- tional degrees. I mean the right attitude of mind. 'It might be easier to run a cell-block prison where you: lock) and count, than an open institu- tion like Westfield, but we can accomplish more with a treat- ment program." For some inmates, Westfield is a better home than they have ever known, "The majority of our popula- tion come from the most so- cially - deprived background," Mrs. Fish said. Few even have a high school diploma. GIVEN TESTS Each new inmate undergoes a two - week quarantine during which sbe is tested by a doctor, dentist, psychiatrist, psycholo- gist, guidance counsellor, pa- role officer and chaplain, Pregnant girls present an ad- ditional problem. Nine per cent of those admitted are pregnant and of these only one-third are married. ; Westfield has & nursery for 50 babies. The mother decides whether to keep the baby or put it in a foster home. Westfield inmates who score lower than grade 5 level must take an academic program. A high school equivalency course is offered, and last year 64 girls graduated in four formal cap- and-gown ceremonies. Six illit- erates were tutored individually. Courses given at the prison and reformat include ,secretarial skills, y culture, industrial sewing, laundry, arts and crafts and restaurant work. Inmates are allowed one beauty appointment every three "weeks. Folksinger Opens Home) For Teener MONTREAL (CP) -- Gary Kisenkrafi, 20, of Monireai, wio has spent five years folksinging his way around Canada and the United States, has opened a cof- fee house in downtown Montreal with the accent on youth. "T opened the place because I figured teen-agers here have nowhere to go," he said. "They are pushed around and mistreated when they go out somewhere but we treat them with regpect here." "From" his own obseryation, teen-agers "are more mature" as a group than adults, and they are extremely "serious-} minded if given a chance," | His coffee house, the Pene-| lope, is a dimly-lit room meas- uring .about 25 feet by 15 feet with seating for 55 persons. But as many as 70 manage to squeeze in for a show. Broken bottles, used as light Shades, line the ceiling. The one contribution to modern art is a triple circle of copper tubing with a water faucet at its end. Wednesday nights are' set aside for a hootenanny while the regular folksinging shows are featured Thursday to Sun- "day. He plans to set aside one "night--either Monday or Tues- day--for "old-time movies." He said these would feature such "oldies" as W. C. Fields and other well. - known come- dians of another era. Gary, who sings regularly in his coffee house, is mainly in- terested in hiring Canadian folk- singing talent to appear at his teen - age nightclub "because. let's face it, Canadians don't get many chances." But he is also arranging to bring in American folk artists such as the Green Briar Boys, Mike Seeger and many others. The youth, who claims he has! the longest. hair of anyone in| Montreal, began folksinging by) "just picking up a guitar and singing." : ease ull oat innen coining teen ROCA ITT OE op aang Rename wn yen ew a ; ONLY.... EACH or SET! 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