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Blue Ln Stacked Against Delinquents

“Juveniles Housed

With Criminals

By- DONNA MIKELS '* EVERYTIME -- another blue card is hung up on the rack -— the prisoners’ roster of Marion County jall——another black mark is chalked up against Our Fair City; ) The blue cards indicate that juvenile—a youngster housed with prostitutes, drunks and bums because the county “can’t afford” to

make other security provisions for them. Right now ‘there arefseven - teen-agers locked up in the jail. 8ix of them are girls. the youngest 13," who eat, smoke and cuss with the hardened criminals. ” » 5 THE SEVENTH prisoner, a 16-year-old petty ‘thief. is in even worse company, the company of men who can counsel him on how to do “bigger and better Jobs” and get away with t The sheriff tries to Keep the Juveniles separate from regular inmates as much as possible. But the jail wasn’t built to provide separate quarters and if's impossible to keep the youngsters away from other prisoners. Neither was the jail meant for young people. There are no provisions for wholesome recreation. As a ‘eonsequence the children the county is spending money to “rehabilitate” are enCountering the very experiences

A blue card on the rack . . authorities try to

from which authorities are trying to save them. ” ” n “WHY DO you keep kids in jail? Why don't you put them in the Juvenile Center?” These questions are frequently asked

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A |3.year-old girl waits in jail while “rehabilitate” her.

Juvenile ‘Court, responsible for these commitments. The answers can be seen in the =agging dilapidated Juvenile Center itself,’ a structure with all the security of a match box.

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County ‘Can't Afford’ Security Measures

Each of the seven jailed juve- | niles has run-away from the |

Center, where “breaking out”

consists of getting up and walk- |

ing away. There are no security provisions, no facilities for locking up rebellious youngsters. There are only four units, two for boys and. two for girls, which can be locked and thede must be used for isolation of discipline and sexual problems. There have been no major repaifs to the Center sine the former ‘orphanage was taken over by the county in 1944, Just recently the court asked the county commissioners for £12,000 to repair broken plumb-

ing! falling-~ plaster, sagging | floors and to strengthen security measures,

” ” ” THE COMMISSION: FERS agreed the money was needed and recommended the request to County Council. But the council sheared the appropriation to $4500, not even enough to make repairs. Meanwhile, almost weekly, youngsters keep slipping away from the undermanned Center, getting into .still more trouble before they are apprehended again. And weekly, more blue cards are hung on the prisoner's rack in the jail, as an economic squeeze forces the court to send to jail the very children they are trying to keep out of prison.

: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

fh Results To Be Given

Red Cross Dinner, "Parley to Draw 400

Final results of the Red Cross

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More than “400 persons are expected to attend th: dinner meeting which will announce the results of efforts of approximately 3000 volunteer workers who conducted the local fund campaign.

Workers were still’ $50,000 short of their goal of $350,250 last night, according to D. W. Alexander, drive chairman.

Urges Completion “We can make “it if every worker completes his call-backs to those who have not yet contributed.’ he said He urged each worker to complete reports by tomorrow night and ask2d persons who have not yet been contacted to send their contributions to the Red Cross chapter house, 1126 N. Meridian St. ? A 60-voice choir of Technical High &chool and a trio from P. R. Mallory Co., Inc.. will provide entertainment at the report meeting.

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