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THE NEWSPAPERS ARE COMMONLY PRESUMED A
FREE AND INDEPENDENT PRESS
BUT FAR FROM BEING THE I NDE PENDENT
"WATCHDOGS OF DEMOCRACY"
THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST REPRESENATIVE
PRODUCTS OF THE EXISTING POLITICO
ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
WITH THE ABILITY TO EDIT (CENSOR) IDEAS
AND INFORMATION, THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO CONFINE AND SHAPE THE SOCIAL
IMAGINATION OF THE POPULACE, BY WHAT
THEY DO AND DO NOT PRINT.
WITH MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL, FALLING IN
LINE TO PLAY THE GAME, INSTEAD OF
CALLING IT.
THIS ISLAND'S PAPER THE TRIBUNE-HERALD
IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS AND IF
ANY RESOLUTIONS ARE IN ORDER, THERE
SHOULD BE ONE, URGING THE TRIBUNE-
HERALD TO GET REAL, FOR IT IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE APPARENT THAT THIS PAPER
IS NOT A PAPER "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE
PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE" BUT RATHER
AN INSTRUMENT USED TO CONFINE AND SHAPE
THE SOCIAL IMAGINATION OF THE POPULAC .
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HANK ROBERTSItBtUI~£ffi L6ba~ Pp,HOA ~KM . , 96778--
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s 7STHSYE+",~R,pa'"~ - HILO HAWAIPWEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2Y 1999 ~ ",25ECTIONyS~(~PAGE5~50 CENTSVia qq k;,
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Kulani remains t®p s'ta fear prison ~ r
p Work under way on with the mmroversial project by Monday. The EIS, a Depenment of Land and Natural "ucuonsofhigh quelitynaNve run ~s ~ fd
approvmga 82.59 rrdllion environ- Development work has already drab of whmh is Rnoutas has grdntedapermir for the (quL''according to Ilia sure persadt.
$2.5millionElS;draft menmlanalysisofthepreferred smrtedonthesitelocaredonStain- due by next smkingo(tbeprison-siteperimaer, TheftaestMemaispopWararrvng (ix -~y *±7?
Kulani situ, back Highway, abom seven miles momh, will msullndon of togas necdcd far aer hunmrs. sour of whom said Ihat ~ ~ tyj 'rp + °j"1
expeetednextmonth Gov. BenCayetanohasnaabmr- belownc~existingmirdmum-scuriry induJeanmchae ialswcysandrhedendngofcemm~ whiletheyhavenorbcendislaced a y"
Boned his qucat to build a 2,300. prison. ological survey, czisdng coeds. by rh< morel work they are wor- ~ ~~„"y{' 1-,'
By Jason Armstrong bed prison - which would be The stare has awarded a 52.59 botanical survey Special preceufions such as using ried that consvuction could take < ,
7ribunaHetaM liawad's lava below KuWUCar- million convact so Archt«ts Hawad and assessmem apowo washenorcmove soil and away onto( the rsland's decreasing
edional Facility, sold Ted Sekar Ltd to produce an cnvvonm<ntal SAKA( of volcanic nsk sedsfiom tracwrs amldNhng egmp numberoPomhonzcd hunung ueas. t ~ r '
Despik liking rtwr~cy to b.Wd d,e sra¢Publm Safdy dv<etor impact stammenr whsh mrequved along w,th mem are mendmed because the site Acaning mpubbc opponuonm q Md , ~ .z
pmposedBrg Lsland prawn, thesw< "Right now, the prcfencd site before pubhunoney may be used to tmpadsto the publm end vaffic. swtthin 13,000 acre Wamkea Tim- Sea PRISON v~•.~ x
admimsvation is toll trwving ahead rcmamsthe KUlam vte:'Sakm sold build the faciliry To perform the work. the slate bar Management Area conmmin8 Page 12 q, y @Np+ I
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PRISON: Kulani is still the top choice for prison ~ ~ ` ' rT~:'
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a Btg Lslard priwn, the 1999 slue lsg- is contimm~g to keep shat (Kulan) saying thatrtwould be morn much pony hasyn made aproposal a pu~~ made bls~~endc "
tslamr<rcjened Cayetano srequest option open, he sold. cheapci'(or Hawar to build and 'Nobodys smppcd forward •~10egkP~I IN'1bE tsNru'w~pf ,
for pemusson mbortow SUO mtI The Lcgslamrc union prompt uperarcapnson in Arizona bccauu we havrn'r askeJ.'he said. ~ b$endlea N8112Pd'iSNklxd ~d[tjpi N
funm Wild th<medium security ed Cayetano m<onmder l«at rag the Saka, said he has remewed only "We bdicve there will be people" ~ ~ ,
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mlity. prison on Kauai or addmgmrhe preliminary numbers that suggesra Sakai nokdthat whsle the Legrs- I lNU'g 1QSS8azb¢et~~$~ r~'~4"'" l'
His decision to pay fora cosily ELS I,YW Hawair mmatcs now incar possible savings by budding mAri lawn has refusal to allow the prison DNC bM1Ha~lr.
EMbd.[t 7 kg IN. ~ I ;
widuut appmvalmGnmre «tual tun cnamdm mainlandjails zona. robe financed by the state, nhas w' ' [
swcuon was nor newsto Sea Andy Sakai to whom Caynanoioffice Howev<q he svessed lhauhe oat not blocked privam conswn,on ofa QiP1gQ!la'. Dft~jir~p¢~F,jFatl W,~[fkµ,e, qr
Lev n D Ka u S Kona, who has referred the Trib H old s goes also must look at the unm~metmps7 pr so t that the sure could then pay ' ~s
' upposedef(orts to build aB'g Island tons about d,ep' 'dK uaihaz of hating in dollars lave Hawar t ilia inmates io ~ $ gp,r~C+:
Anson. been ruled mlbecause f ommuNry whah will bea lanonn Jm boat site ~ l~
"We knew that was going on' opposuon, and A -z has been cons'dcration The admmiswtion has not yn
said Levin, the codmitman ofthe yen pm on the back b Th pl w is to complete the Jec dad wbethe t ek y ( nr ~ w ySa}p
amspowerful Ways and Means we ie looking tpl stile An ElS amt th ckadeveloper and or next years Legit Nb '0 be ,7jCg bu%rM fAt A""-1
Cormmnee. na as commgencies, Sakai sad f t buldapnsoa on the mtrtpriyl of de ncl vnmk Ito drid " ,`-)Ate ~ Jy e~
I'm not swpr srd dmt ([ayetm,o) o Caynano was recently quomJ as Kulani ie, Sekaismd, ulNngmcom hdJ 0islear'ss ion, Sakai said. - uJ1^'r '
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MY RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE ' ~
WITH "LETTER TO THE EDITOR"
! ! HAND DELIVERED TO GENE TAO
9izHi99 AS PUBLISHED
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.N` "REPLY TO SAKAI"
Associated Press Release "Arizona Entarit Prison Piccnre" same .Tribune-Herald, Wedliiesday, September 29, 1.99&
article quote Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano "Our administration _ _ -
is consitlering CRIMINAL LAW CHANGES to allow TREATMENT instead of
incarceration for certain types of drug offenders as a means of ~ s,. < -ta
reducing prison overcrowding".
On a NATIONAL LEVEL, quotes from our National "Drug Czar", Four y~,~ttejrl k.l ~ y ~ fi
Star General Barry R. McCaffrey, "We have a FAILED Social Policy rv, y yegK~- u,~1r Rk'xMAVy'a..,.
and it has to be RE-EVALUATED" and "We CAN'T INCARCERATE our way
out of this PROBLEM". It is also well known and documented that '
the Hawaii Paroling Authority is MAXING out sentences in order to Prisoh industry
PACK THE PRISONS while at the same time crying to the public they -
need MORE PRISONS. S!MKS* '
ASsoclatedYlPress eYpry,ff` Arizona enters pisgn.picbtre,"
It has become quite apparent that the many GGRPGRATIGNS, gUOtt3.GOV. Ben~amin' J: Cayetano (aS Saying) rrOUI
AGENCIES, TREATMENT and SERVICE PROVIDERS along with the t , -
CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS and EMPLOYEE UNIONS see the EXPANSION of aflmlmSM3tlOnISCOnSldeilllgCnmlRat]aWChange$tOalloW
a SYSTEM that is STEEPED in GREED, DEr•gpTION, and INxtit-IANITIEG as [rea[meRl IRSIead Of mCKCCeCa[IOn fOT GeC[am [ S Of dru
j nsr a BUSINESS OPPORTONITY. YPe g
offenders as a means of reducing prison overcrowding."
The old MAXIM "THOSE WHO BENEFIT BY THE CHA05 WANT TO KEEP IT ~ On a national level,. notes fIQtn OUI Nagonal °Dru
GOING" or at least it sure seems that way with NO CONSIDERATION -.aar)yw - q g ,
ever having been given to "THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT Czar CieR. Barry R. I?ICCaffrey: rsWe have a failed I
COMMISSION'S REPORT to the 1995 HAWAII LEGISLATURE". A iepoit $OCIa] policy and it has to be reevaluated" and `:'We
that detailed some seventeen PROGRAMS, that if IMPLEMENTED would
not only eliminate the need fox more prison space but would put Can't IRCaCCOCate OUC Way OUC Of th1S pl'OblellMa IL.IS 1
this STATE on a more KUMANE TACK on how to solve St's SOCIAL also Welt known and dOCUmented That the HBWaIt Paro]-
PROBLEMS and the BOTTOM LINE, it would cast a lot LESS. mg AUthOllty 1$ maXing OUt SentenCCS In OCdeC t0 pack
Sa once again I am asking YOU and the GOVERNOR N look at all the prlSOn$ Whlle at the same time CCying t0 the publlC
the ASPGCTS of the PRISON ISSUE before izrtroducing more of this
type of NON-REVERSIBLE and INHUMANE level of economy into OUR they need more prisons.
soc7ETY. It has become quite apparent that,the many corpora-
A MAINLAND PRISON fat all VIOLENT CRIMINALS would be in itself a [7011$, agencies, treatment SerV1Ce pCOVIdeCS along Wlth
g[ea[ DETERRENT foi St has been proven that EXILE as a form of SQP the CX aIlS10n USt a bR$1Re$$ O Or[Ull(t
PUNISHMENT is not only HUMANE, it is also very EFFECTIVE. F~* p ~ I111. y'
t, So once again I am asking you and,the governor to look
In this "STATE OF ISLANDS" no ISLAND should be fnrcea m he rite at all the aspects of the issue before introducing more
DUMPING GROUNU £or any other ISLAND'S SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
Ana as faz as your quote "Kauai has been ruled out because o£ Of thl$ type Of f eCOnOmy IRCO Ollr SOCIe[y.
community opposition". This ISLAND (HAWAII) has more signatures Amainland ?SORfOCa11V10]Cn[Crlln1na15WOU]dbe
on petitions against "PRISON EXPANSION" than Kauai has RESIDENTS. p
in itself a great deterrent for iC has beeli proven that exile
It is time to stop the INSIDIOUE PRISON INDUSTRY. as a form of puliishment isnot only humane, it is also
very effective.
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1 _ EXCUSE Hank Roberts
HANK ROBERTS-i.O.60X r60< PAHOA X1., 9fi]]B FDR T(SE GAW Pabna
AS YOU CAN SEE, MY LETTER WAS NOT ONLY
SEVERALLY EDITED (MORE LIKE CENSORED)
IT WAS BUTCHERED
"LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" SHOULD BE A
VENUE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND NOT
CHANGED BY A CAPRICIQUS EDITOR, WHO
FEELS IT IS HIS RIGHT TO JUDGE WHAT THE
PUBLIC WILL OR WILL NOT ACCEPT OR
"UNDERSTAND"
I REALIZE THAT ALL NEWSPAPERS ARE BIAS,
BUT HAVE NEVER RUN ACROSS ONE THAT IS
SO BLATANT IN HOW IT'S EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER PROJECT SAME AND AM
REQUESTING THAT MY LETTER "REPLY TO
SAKAI" BE PUBLISHED AS SUBMITTED. ~