Word: prisons
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...black youths more likely to commit crimes than whites? A glance at the nation's prison population would suggest that the answer is yes. But a surprising new federally funded study says not necessarily. In 1976 University of Colorado Sociologist Delbert Elliott began to follow a nationwide cross section of 1,700 young people, ages 11 to 17 at the time. Periodically they reported to him, in confidence, any episodes of their own criminal or delinquent behavior, whether or not they were caught. The finding after ten years: those who were white reported nearly as many crimes as blacks...
...been imprisoned on a life sentence for sabotage, he rose every morning before dawn for a two-hour workout. But four weeks ago, Mandela suddenly became short of breath. He had difficulty talking, then started coughing up blood. He was transferred from the medical wing of Pollsmoor Prison to Tygerberg Hospital, a major university teaching institution on the other side of Cape Town. Last week Mandela's lawyer announced the diagnosis: tuberculosis...
...highly contagious disease whose symptoms can frequently be ambiguous, tuberculosis is endemic in South Africa. Mandela might have inhaled the TB bacillus in prison and developed the disease immediately, though it is more likely to have lain quiescent in his body for years. Doctors drained three liters of fluid from around his left lung and prescribed antibiotics. Mandela, hospital officials say, is now "up and about and improving steadily," with the encouraging prognosis of full recovery...
...more determined that Mandela should get the finest medical care than South Africa's highest officials, who fear that he might die in jail and set off an explosion of violent protest in the country's black townships. Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee, who oversees the prison system, made a point of visiting Mandela at Tygerberg. Minister of Health Willem van Niekerk sent regular bulletins from the doctors to State President P.W. Botha. In reply to a worried letter from the Rev. Frank Chikane, general secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Botha assured him, "We are even more concerned...
Addressing a congress of the ruling National Party in Durban, Botha said he did not think Mandela should "choose to go back to prison" and that he hoped Mandela "will make it possible for me to act in a humane way." That meant, he said, that he was prepared to release Mandela if he would reject political violence and pledge not to support those...