_/Prisoners learn work ethic

"OTTAWA. (CP) — About 9,500 federal . prisoners became federa] employees this week under a new plan aimed at’ establishing the work ethic behind bars, ~ ~ Basic wage under the plan will be $3.15 a day, rising through four more levels to

& maximum of $7.55. If that .

doesn’t sound like much, the present- maximum pay rate is $2.30 a day.

Those who’ don’t work -

won't: get paid, and prisoners no longer will be able 4o-use money ‘from outside to spend al the canteen, ‘They will only be able to spend what they earn inside, -

‘Officials say 500 to 1,000 prisoners will receive less pay because pay no longer will be tied to behavior but to work.

_ This apparently led to a

sit-in by prisoners at .a medium-security lock-up in Springhill, N.S. Prisons

spokesman Justin Sullivan |

said Thursday most prisoz-

ers there got increases but’ _some had their pay cut and _ this Jed to a- peaceful |

protest. an The program will be reviewed in September and again every six months to work out the kinks, Meanwhile, incentives to

_ medium = to

works appear strong. Pay - scales rise. as a prisoner moves from maximum to minimum seclirily and those locked, up

_ for disciplinary reasons will

m0 longer be paid.

In prison, that will mean no money for tobacco, stamps and other canteen items.

Where work ~ ds unavailable, prisoners will . be paid $1.60 a'..da

Minimum. Those taking.

education or trade training - willearn $3.15 to$6.45 a’day, and those under psychiatric care may earn up lo $4.80 a. day, depending on attitude |

and behavior,

“We're going to pay: the job, not the man," Marjorie David, director general of prisoner employment, said as the program came into being this week.

In thé past, pa pay has been‘a reward for*good conduct and: hasn't. had much

. felation: to work. A main complaint of prisoners has - been that there is little to do.

with their time:

But the system * has

defined aboul 00 seasonal and permanent jobs within prisons. “-

The lowest fate of pay for an employed prisoner will be §3.15 a day, equivalent —

_ officials say — to the daily disposable Income of a

’ Single person who earns the -

federal’ minimum wage. Disposable income is the. ‘amount Heft after tax and other deductions and food and , hotsing, ’ prisoners don't have to. ‘worry about.

David says prisoners - earning.” the middle ‘pay

Alcohol may: impair - *-gexual development _

' CHICAGO . (AP) = ‘Aleohol consumption by

mice slows production of a. male hormone that con-.

tributes to sexual develop- ment, says a study con- ducted at the University of Illinois Medical Centre.

Dr. Robert Anderson, who

_ conducted the study, said he

concluded that teenage boys

-whe = drink © alcoholic

beverages may reach

sexual maturity later than those who don’t imbibe.

The study found that adolescent male ‘mice’ fed alcohol reached | sexual maturity two to three years

later — in human terms —

“ which -

range could end 4 3!2-yeisp with more than $1,000 in the bank, They'll be required ta save 25 per cent of earnings.

“This means that working

inmates will not only have -

more money upon: release but will.

an honest. living in the

community," David ‘said,’

’ “The pay budget is being

than non-drinking mice. Tippling mice also had smaller organs and more sperm abnormalities than their teetotalling counterparts; the recent study said, - . “These new findings suggest that. males who

begin drinking heavily in adolescence and continueas ~

adults may never reach normal sexual and repro- . ductive levels,’ said An-

derson, co-director -of the

university’s, Aleghal and Drug Abuse Research and , Training Program. However, he also said the sexual development . of aleaholfed mice apparenily

‘come: ° _ however.

ve the working : . Skills and attitude to make

Teproductive -

doubled’ to 9.4 million, . With higher, incames’ vill higher prices, ’

A package of cigarettes. costs 35 1050 cents in federal prisans ° hecause ’ ‘taxes. aren'l \.collected. ‘Officials.

"said a 50-per-cent increase:

in tobacco prices will ‘be- introduced gradually uring the next year

caught up with. the ober mice eventually.

Alcohol affects male

sexual development by

slowing production of. the male hormone testosterone,

‘ Anderson said. .

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