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c.oR3: 3:R5~v.l&/; July/August 1989 From SOS to Upper Crust . 111 ·, ill 11 1n RESERVATION BULK RATE 11 11 U.S. POSTAGE 1 PAID FOR S!N311\10000 31Vf , '4, LII "0 11 11 K I... FLORENCE, Al. 85232 PERMIT NO. 31 SUCCESS G86 ~ ,,.., /\ON I =- f:i.. Arizona's Award Winning Prison Press $0~0~3~ Jl18rld '8 Thinking about release? A¥1~~JjQ ld30 of humdrum jobs, but want a good future? The hospitality-food M E N industry is wide open, and Pierre Marceau, the pioneer in parolee ~~- training, invites you to train as \_ a maitre d' or table captain. Rise above the cheeseburger men- tality. Rub elbows with the rich, ' <'---- -1'!· _ ~ , ......,,..,.,ff .... ~· like lawyers . Enjoy the panache ,.,,111'~ / /- I ~ ('\f 7\rj· .: ' and flair of serving fine er:1trees -· I j /! ·1 \ / : J ; 1 1 like Boeuf Flambe; of offering )l' //' , : t f f ~ 1 treasured vintages like Cleveland/ ~~ : .11 / l1f i 1 , 1988. 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Nothing to it . 11 mote table back near the kit chen door -- Siberia -- along Good salary, bonuses , occasional with the white-shoed tourists lost purses - We use only the finest from Muncie and Walla Walla . stolen tuxedos - All you can eat - Just think. How sweet it is. Tuition financing available - She Priceless . hable expanol, whatever . ENROLL NOW! 1-800-555-1212 PIERRE MARCEAU'S SCHOOL FOR MAITRE D's New York Beverly Hills Scottsdale Dolan Spring s Fon du Lac July/August 1989 ADMINISTRATION 'tt~_flPS8 VOL. 16 ISSUE 1 Honorable Rose Mofford Governor Line-Up Samuel A. Lewis Editorial . 1 Di rector of Corre ctions J.C. Keeney Letters to the Editor . 2 Assistant Direct or Bob Goldsmith PRIME TIME / A Harvest of Empty Men Warden - Central Region Sydney Crow ••••••••• •• •• • •••••••• • •••••••••• 3 Douglas Hackett LA ROCA Advisor •wRITES OF SPRING" WINNERS . 6 LA ROCA STAFF THE ADVOCATE /Dave Mann •••••••••••••••••••••• 8 William Hester Editor FICTION / Shelter Skelter Raymond A. Gutt Chris Zetterlof •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 Assoc Editor/ La Roca Press Elwood R. Stutler LA ROCA INTERVIEW / Chuck Poole . 24 Pressman FOCUS / North Unit Men 's Club ••••••••••••••••••• Bruce Henneberg 26 p. c.. Graphics & Design g. GOUGE, POETRY . 28 Smiley Montgomery pLEE, GOLff, sat La~ Bindery & Fulfillment r,.ttorneY ~~enue VOICE IN THE CROWD /Ken Starks ••••••••••••••• 33 \'\anna " Pat Kube so~7 ~ 0 - ,._ ss199 Production/Photography 1 / WOMEN'S PRISON 1ucson, 778-~~~~ . 37 (60'-) CONTRIBUTING EDITORS YARD ALERT . 39 Dave Mann Legal Issues FAITH . 40 r,.bner \.OP• #11A1~6 esterda'/• r,.ltnougl"I 1,e Nilsen Aringhard r,.rizona state prlson East Unit HEALTH & FITNESS florence, r,.l 85232 . 41 oe•' '"""'' . de Stitt iO en••""''00 Y ,nat •Y •'•""""''0 Kaye Ferguson 1 coot•''ed ,,,n J•,.;. it d°"' 01' ••"':"'1 1 ,nat 1 ••• sott,· Women's Prison INSIDER'S OUTLOOK /Ken Lamberton co•''"°"' and •''"0 ' ~,e soccesst 1• •• •"""''' ne ,e· . 42 ~~•, ,edoctioO ;o •~"':;~<;,:,, ,neo 1 co•P ~';•d •.;. •;f ,ne to»o•• •' Good stuff from Chris ci•"'" pe.s••"":,~s on n>s •••'• aod ,•-'" e . counts- sou n••• Zetterlof, Michael Rymes, SPORTS & RECREATION . 43 te«ed to so"" o ,used to •••• d•'" . d \ \A _,it•·••• sou n••• coosist~otlY ;:bl••· sou n•••0 ,ec•'~:.,,oo is ;. sou Wayne Alexander, Albert igoo<ed Y°"' t,ed-~•"'0;nt sou< ••"'••• 1• '' •~•~dopted•" sou nev• Blea, Gene Compton, Robert FORUM / The Test M. Andy Rymes do<i09 th• r~~ ~\;,:°:. ,ne giant ta<;;.t•0 :,,l'°~ne .. dical •~<;'i'::.: Marchel lo, Ken Lamberton, . 46 nav• ,etos• , iO ,n,ee mo .' t ,emo••l. • " oat cnaoged you< soe,:e<Y ,,11 t,e ,eo•''ed ~~mat•• ,ega<di09 yoo< Nilsen Aringhard, Cordell oo• advi••• ,nat so co• 1aiots t<°" ot"'c', ,010••• ,n,o••"°"' th• Grounds, Mike Ring, Ken RETROSPECTIVE /Nilsen Aringhard ••••••••••••••• 49 ••• t•''""' ~••'•,o~io9 ~ ca<taoos• at n:•".. ,,., ot '""0 ,n,ee .,c• Starks, Lorenzo Sosa, Joe -,sisteoc•ignt ao •• ,o ,•• c . 1ne<• lS also t e . ,,,. , p<obl••• NEWS BRIEFS . y- Lardner, Tom Sommerhalder, . 50 toood lod you<"""'',1" ..,,o,o9• t you na•• • se<i°"s ,~•~'(; th•' mo<• ,,me. Rick Miller, Cindy Lukens, ,ne 5udge teels tnta ~d tne real world• 1-\ed tlreducin9 your sen- 0 Jerry Morrison, Sidney GALLERY / Alexander-Morrison . 52 t unders a" 1 · nstea o Crow, Michael Mannos, C.W. tnat•••"' you b,,og .do novou'coosid•''"g aroun d • e,o~se~uentaddi09 to'. · '/•t l t · oe< consisted ot S2 2 ,'~· ,eoc•• ne ,s t 1 c•O soo< ,e •' io•· • 1" set,.~ Moore, Eddie Boyd, and PUZZLE PAGE . 53 1 doo• all '",:'1 Quste< ot' Riss•• Abner Lop. n••• mo•'" •""°"' •~: ~ DEAD LETTER FILE ea•"' ,itl• '~n: ;;:;., {ist• aod, ao of,;:"ii:,cat• ,~• o•• os aott°' ~- . to 0 ,,eog• to< paY· to<oed~- oP oO• i'Cco<dio91Y•, ,1i••'oo< ,eco cooveo,• 0 ~"nea•Y ..,,al cass•''" 00 08 LA ROCA Magazi ne i s published bi-monthl y by a nd for t he i nmates of the Arizona State Pri s on Complex-Florence. The rea sons f or public ati on include, • t( 1 ), 'To Pl••••15 call""•'•~ ,not•• caooot acc•P be i nfo r ma t i ve o f t he act i vi t ies and programs i nvolving i nma tes , administration , and concerned individuals througho ut Arizona and the nati o n , ( 2 ) To act ~er'/ trul'/ yours, i n part a s an i ntermediary bet ween inmates and administration of the Department o f Corrections ; and (3) To e ncourage growth and self-development through men'• .iso• t,e ::i:'~otstaodi09 ba1eoc•• ,.,t.- /IV' v✓,,,., ..... ~ an exc hange of i de as , art, and writing. LA ROCA i s d i s t r i bute d a t no cost to each inmate at ASPC- Florence, and is a lso avail abl e to subscriber ■ located i n the Un i ted States a t a cost o f $12 per ye ar. Addres s all corres pondence a nd subscripti on r eques t s toz l1A ROC.4',, P.O. Box 629, Florenc e, Arizona 85232 . 1. ~ill Gouge, Jr. The op i n ions expresaed herein do not necessarily ref l ect the a tti tudes a nd/or opiniona of t h~ LA ROCA Magazine, i nStit u t iona l admi nistrati on, or of the Ari tapes to reduce zona Department of Correc tions . Per mi s sion to r epr int any part of t his Magazine is grant ed provi ded pro pe r credit is g i ven t o the author and to LA ROCA . Eac h pri nt run of LA ROCA is 4200 c opies . LA ROCA i nvi tes your s ubmi ttals--which wi ll be retur ned o n ly if a ccompa n ied by a s e lf- addressed, atamped envelope. c,,, 3,,3 ,~';;)/~ /, PAGE 56 LA ROCA LA ROCA PAGE 1 THIS MAN DOES NOT READ LA ROCA ... Editorial - William Hester - or much of anything else, for that matter. Only recently able to ~11r;, / •,-.. _, ...,.,. RIGHT-MINDED REFORM OR COSTLY COSMETIC? comprehend a STOP sign, he is convinced that George Bush is a - (fr, , / Okay, we all know about prison overcrowd and a new credit card clearing house do not a small tree and that mandatory ing. Yawn. The subject has been kicked around stable budget base make. The state is not ~, _,/ and trampled with the same fever and froth that wealthy enough to keep on building prisons. But sentencing is for men only. k1, accompanies the rhetorical tidal wave of the one must keep in mind that in all states op "drug war." Nevertheless, perhaps now is the ting for early release since 1983, despite the time to examine some new possibilities; what fact that crime rates never increased beyond This is not a hip, informed ~ /1 they might mean to mainstream Arizona inmates. usual levels ( and dropped in two states), no In larger and louder numbers, free-world reform governor has ever won reelection. individual. Inordinately ~ '-'-) \~--:~ citizens are voicing real suspicion with the And now the Commission. If it gets off the uncool, continually baffled, political grandstanding of certain legislators, ground at all, it will come at a time in Ameri C ---- --✓ agency bureaucrats, and judicial zealots -- the can history in which record numbers of leaders folks who have demonstrated a splendid gift for in politics, government, business, sports, have he is destined to be lost in I.:: I spending money, and who have left the place in blatantly disregarded their duties as public limbo, last in line.