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VERNON WRIGHT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN RIVER CORREC- <br />TIONAL INSTITUTION, INTRODUCED SUPERINTENDENT CURT MCKENZIE TO MAKE A <br />PRESENTATION IN REGARD TO THE SANITARY LANDFILLS AFFECT ON THE PRISON, <br />SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE UNTENABLE <br />TASK THE BOARD IS FACED WITH, BUT WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE AND HIS STAFF <br />WERE NOT APPROACHED IN REGARD TO THE LOCATION OF THE LANDFILL BEFORE ANY <br />DECISIONS WERE MADE, HE WENT ON TO SPEAK OF THE OVERCROWDING OF PRISONS <br />AND NOTED THAT WE ARE FACED MORE THAN EVER WITH YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDERS, <br />HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT INDIAN RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IS ONE OF <br />THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY AND STATED THAT THE APPROACH, PHILOSO- <br />PHY, AND THE VERY PUTTING TOGETHER OF THIS INSTITUTION, HAS ALREADY MADE <br />ITS MARK ON FLORIDA'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND WILL, IN THE FUTURE, HAVE A <br />BEARING ON THE ENTIRE NATION IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTION, SUPERINTENDENT <br />MCKENZIE NOTED THAT THE INSTITUTION IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE UNDER TWENTY <br />YEARS OF AGE AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY, <br />SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE DISPLAYED A CHART SHOWING THE LOCATION <br />OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE PRISON COMPLEX IN RELATION TO THE LANDFILL AND <br />STATED THAT THEIR ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX, AS WELL AS THE ACADEMIC AND VO- <br />CATIONAL SHOPS, ARE 251' FROM THE.PROPOSED LANDFILL AREA, THE BASKETBALL <br />COURTS THAT ARE USED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ARE AT ABOUT THE'SAME DISTANCE, <br />AND THEIR HOSPITAL IS LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, <br />HE CONTINUED THAT AT PRESENT THEY HAVE 288 INMATES PLUS A STAFF OF 111, AND <br />THEY HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 125 VISITORS WEEKLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF THE INMATES IS <br />5TH GRADE AND 72% ARE TOTALLY UNSKILLED AND SPOKE OF THEIR EFFORTS TO <br />EDUCATE AND TRAIN THEM, HE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A UNIQUE REHABILITA- <br />TION CENTER IN OUR COUNTY THAT IS WORKING AND THE INSTITUTION HAS VISITORS <br />FROM ALL OVER THE NATION, AND EVEN THE WORLD, WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN <br />THIS NEW APPROACH TO THE YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDER, <br />THE SUPERINTENDENT WENT ON TO SPEAK OF SOME OF THE EFFECTS THE <br />LANDFILL'WILL HAVE ON THEIR OPERATION, HE POINTED OUT THAT A FIRST IM- <br />PRESSION IS A LASTING IMPRESSION AND NOTED THAT THEY MAINTAIN THE 2-1/2 <br />MILES OF ROAD INTO THE INSTITUTION AND KEEP IT UP VERY CAREFULLY FOR <br />50 <br />FEB g 1g77 <br />L <br />e�oY ?8 r 402 <br />I <br />