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1073,7412::, IMO 013 649* . ../: TITLE Bureau of PriSonsYouth ad Jvenile-Polioiies; HearingOleforette-SubCommittee onCour,tsCivil \:-Iibertiesi:andthe AdministritiOn of Justice of the '-"CoMmitiee'on":.the Judiciary, HoUse of RepresentatiVes, Ninety-lifWCongresS,,SebvnAVSe$mion on Bureau of 11.risonS Iouth,,and,Juvenile-PO1 Seritl; Na. INSTITUTION :CongreSSOhel.S.',:lki:phingt -D.C:. 'House. Committee-On:theJudiciarY4' 3, . PUB:DATE/.- .27 Odt:18 NOTE 08 livirOLT FROM.Superiniteident of DOcUments,'D.S. GOVernment,Print0 Offi0e, WaShingtoiv,r-D.C. 20492 0 ms PRICE AfFO1/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS.. *Civiljibeitie$1 *Corrective Instit tions;Courts; Delinquency; Oov9rnment (Administrative BOY); *oovernmentROleL*Juvenile Courts;,*Iouth' Problems ! / ABSTRACT This is a hearing before the Subcommittee on C9urts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the committee on the Judiciary, House of Representa ves, Ninety- Fifth. Congresf, Secehd,Setsion On Bureau of Pgisons,quth tnd Juvenile Ptlicies. Neirmit Carlson, Directof of .e.sofeder I at-eau .cf Prisons, makes a statement, and there is an exchange oco respondence-between Carlson snd,Peggy.Wisenbe of the National Priso Project. Also included is a Idenxiptionipfuvenile,facilit prepared by- the Federal Bureau of Prfecils--(P.7c - I W************************************004***************************** k Reproductions EDRSkqxe the bes t can be madtz * froi theoriginal docmen e , o***************'****************************************i.******i.***** ;07 CONIETTEE ON. THE JUDICIARY .HOUgt OF RiPitERNTATIlitS NINETY -FIFTH CONGliigS N. SECOND SESSION ON BIIREAV OF PRISONS youTs JIUVENI POLICIES ( 4 OCTOBER 27i 1978 . U.S. DE PAIKMENTOP HEALTH. 0 EDUCATION IL WISI&FARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT' HAS BEEN.' REPRO. OUCED EXACTLY AS RECEAVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION. ORIGN'4.: T POINTS OF VIEW ON OPINIONS 1;- TAT OT NECESSARILY EliEFRE" ',1'" SENT bOFF L NATIONAL INSTITUTE EDUCA ON POSITION OR POLICY.N W M. Printed for the use of the Committee on thejudiciary U.B. GOVERNMENT -PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1979 G -f Zrt COH/XITEE ON THE JUDICIARY (_ =ONE ROM°, J11:, New Amu', Chairman BROOKS, Tel ma . ROBERT ALCCLORli, /Ulnas . R BERT W.ICASTENMEIIIIE, Witconsiwc TOM RAILSBACK. Illinois DON EDiFARDS, California' CHARLES Et WIGGINS, Californlk aourt. conERsoIx..;:m!cligaP: HAMILTON FISH, an, Neil York JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia WALTER FLO RS, Alabama .:WILLIAM S.,COHEN, Maine JAMES E. MA , South Carolina CARLOS 3.ALOORHEAD, California JOHN P. SETI101: LINGJOhio .30HE NI. ASHBR.00K, Ohlof GEORGE 31.-DANIELEION, California. HENRY I. HYDE, ROBERT I. DRINAN, Maaaachneetts THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio liARBAR agaDAN.Takata. HAROLD S. SAWYEE,:klichigan't EILIZABETH-HOIMM4E, New York . ROMANO L. MAZZOLL Kentucky 4 A WILLIAM J. MIGHEL,New SAM B. HALL. Is., . 'LAMAR GIIDG/DR, North Carolina EARotp L. VOLIEMEE, Ddisepurl =EBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia JIM SANTINI. Nevada .y= ALLEN E. ERTEL. Ponpsylvanla BILLYEE EVANS. Georgia ' ANTHONX C., BEILENSON, Califoinla --"" "A3 Al. ?A it, General Cowisei ?C;AR:IRR 3.. given. Staff Directirr FRANKLIN. 0.-PAtic, Assookite Ceihnoei a. SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, OIRII:LIBERTIRS, AND TBAD MINISTRATION'OF JOSTICE Jt J. ROBERT.W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Ohoirnran GEORGE.DANIZION, California TOMRAILSBACK,IlUnoip ROBERTF.. DRINA'Massachusetts M. CALDWELL BDTLER,WirgInia JIM /UNTIE/. Nevada ALLEN E. ERTEL, Pennallyalifr' BaucE A. lathing. Chief uneel 1, 'nuItY A. Bocias. PfoffseionollS of Member GAIL FlIGGIVS FOGARTY, CO mad TuouAs E. MooNtr, Aseoeinte Counsel , . ., . WITNESSES .' ',. , . .. , . -. Page Carlson Noinuin A., rector, .Feclitral Bureau of Prisons . Praced stateML. I; : '' 'Davin,'Wheal, Attoby, Madison, Win 36 ,..' PhelEn, Riohard,J.,. Youth Tolley and Law Center 21 . Prepared statemerit _.,,".... -ci; -,..- . Girouard, Phyllis, Meifornineti-Legal Defense/Offenie Committed 30 Hay/Otos; Louis Mots:Vince. Legal Defense/Offense Committee 30 % . V' - . APPENDIXES .. iiip6ondrx 1. Statement otAleberta J. Metisalle,it cofounder of, Institution . vEducational SerVices,'Ino, 43 . 'Appendix 2:. Title 18, Udited States Code, chapter 4'021Federal Youth' ..: Correctitilts Act '::: '65. Appendix' 3. Title 18, United States Code, chapter 403Juvenile De- lin u ne ,..:. 68 Appendix I Selected correondencc and matenials 'rel.ating-,to federally , .. adjudicatedjavdniies', .. 1., :69 L Exchange of cormsndence: . (a) Peggy. A. lqienberg,nationalprix rojett.,-ACLU, .. \ .. letter dated.pr.. 10,1978, to. Direct Norman Carlsoli, Federal Bureau of .Prisons 69 (b). Norman Carlson; dated Apr. 27, 1978, to Peggy .A., Wiese I- erg . 70. Nan. Aron, national prison project--ACLU, letter 'dated I /.. ay 10, .1978,4o Representative Robert Kastenmeier..., :...... 71. 2. Nor Ian Carlson, letter dated Jun,e 9, 1978; to fienator 'JO-Im C. Culver 72 3. Nan Aron,letter dated July 14, 1978, to Representative Robert W. Kastenmeler , 76- 'N. 4 4-. Exchange of correspohden : .:(a)'Norman Carlso ,tter dated A r. 27, 1978, to Mr., Walter R. -Echo-Hawk, Native American }Lights fund 78 (b) Walter R. EchO-Hawk, -letter dated May 15, to 'Norman C,4rlson 79. (e) Nan Aron, letter dated. July 19, 1978, to Representative, 84/- - Robert W. Kastenmeier ' . 5. Alvin Bronstein, executive :director, nationalprison project- '''' ACLU, letter dated Aug. 2, 1978, to Representative Robert W. -Kastenmeler 80 . .6.. Description of juvenile facilitiesprepared by the Federal Bureau Prisons, Oct. 1978 81/ lull BUREAU. OF PONS YOUTH AND JUVENILE POLICIES , oarbjiiia . HOUSE Or .REPSNSENTATIVRS, . UDPOSIMITTERS ON COURTS, CrtiriLlitlritTIPA AND TEE ADSCINISTRATION or Jiiirritos bor TEE COMMITTEE ON THE Jrrnictinr, .: : Madison, Wisorisin.. The subconintittee met; pursuant to notice, :at 9:80 a.m. .6enate Parlor; State Capitol, Madisen.; .Wis.; ,HOD. Robert 'W. Kasten- meier (chairman of the subcoinmittee.) presiding. Present : Representidives Kastenmeierand Railsback. W./ Also present: Bruce A. Iolunan, counsel'; Joseph I. Wolfe, asst I ciate,counsel. 4' KASTENMRIER..Vd like to,call the meeting to order.. This mo.rning,,Pd like to at the outset int-press my appreciation to 'Senator Fred Risser ftnd other State officials who made. facilities avail-' able. tthis subcommittee of the House Judiciai7 Committal forpur- k poses of this hearing. I am pleased that all who are here this morning could attend, and I particularly wanted to greet the ranking minority member of the sub- committee: The Subcommittee on Cou of Libertiesonsthe Admin- istration of Justice has within its jurisdi ton corrections in America, including the Federal Bureau of Priso nd Federal acts relating to. incarceration. The rankin & ority member" Congressman Railsback from Illi- nois, for some 11 rs has been particularly interested in juvenile justice. He has offers. numerous bills on the subject and wasa primary pro- ponent of channel* the Youth Corrections Ad), in 1974.17m very pleased,. this is rAlly a joint effort this mo,rning_writh 'Congressman Railsback. This hearing it a lorerunner of future hearings On the subject. There are other interested partiet'who are not here thitt morning. This is not intended to be the beginning and the end a this inquir3! into the Administration of several acts relating to youth Offenders and juveniles But we thinlr it an approi3riatetitife and an appro- priate pl to open our inquiry. Further hearings will to held either in Wash' gton or other places within this country. opening of the meeting I would like to saY that the Juvenile- Justice and Delikquency, Prevention Act and Youth Corrections Act were both passed -by Congress in an attempt to divert our youth from the debilitating effects of the criminal 'justice system by requiring° placement in foster homes, community treatment centers, isolation from hardened criminals, and specialied programs in segregated fa- &id 'The e intent of 'Congress was to prevent impressionable and (1) 2 troubled youths from coming into close contact with older, more ex- perienced persona confined in the criminal justice system in the hope that these young persons, in some cases children, could find a. more. productive and crime-free life before such pressures and influence per: manently bound them in our already strainfd prison Populations. 'Under both the juvenile Justie.,e Act and the Youth.Corrections Act, the Federal Bureau of Pricions was given theresponsibility and authority to provide alternatives to imprisonmentfor child offenders. 'However .critics of the Bureau have stated .that, its attemptsto meet the mandates of he acts are inadequate, and somehave charged even. ,negligent. Qne re ult of this criticism hns been 'litigation challeng- ing the, manner inhick the Federal. Bureau of Prisons has carried outits responsibilit es under the law. Indeed, one of the more_prom- inent court cases chajlenging the Bureau's. management ofyouth James . offenders was Brown v. Carlson, which was decided by. Judge Doyle, here in Madison.. That ease involved the placernent.of a youth ., offender, sentenced under the Youth COrrections Aet,'in the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wis. In his decision. in that case Judge Doyle found, that the Federal Bureau of Prisons was not ''performing its statutory mandate of keeping youth offender's 'separate from more hardened adult offenders. When Congress imindated thb special treatment of youthfulchild offenders, it did so with gpod reason. If we can separate. the young offenders