ML20129H827
| ML20129H827 | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 12/13/1984 |
| From: | Jeffes G PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
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| FOIA-85-304 NUDOCS 8507200469 | |
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o AFFIDAVIT OF GLEN R. JEFFES I, Glen R. Jeffes, being duly sworn according to law, hereby depose and state the following:
1.
I am the Acting Commissioner of Corrections' of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2.
I have had extensive training and experience in the field of corrections.
3.
I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Michigan State University in 1957.
I graduated with a major in personnel and a minor in Social Science.
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I received a Master of Arts Degree from Michigan State University in 19G2.
My course of studies in this degree program included a mdfor in counseling and guidance and a minor in psychology.
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I have also completed advanced graduate work:at.the University of Tennessee in 1962, where I studied counseling techniques and psychology, and at Northwest Missouri State College in 1965, where I studied diagnostic testing. In addition, I have attended numerous seminars in correctional management.
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I have held various positions in the field of corrections in a career which has spnnned more than twenty yours.
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From 19G4 to 1969 I was employed by the Board of Control and Department of Social Services of the State of Iowa in the following positions:
Psychologist at Iowa State Penitentiary, where I assisted in psychological a.
evaluations and conducted individual and group counseling sessions; b.
Supervisor of Minimum Custody Treatment, Iowa State Penitentiary, in which I supervised, developed and conducted all treatment programs for Inmates assigned outside the prison walls; EXHIBIT "D" t
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e Personnel Administrator, Central Office, Iowa Division of Corrections, c.
with the responsibility for developing a total Bureau personnel program for four adult and two juvenile institutions; and d.
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Corrections, with responsibility for developing and establishing written policies and procedures for the Bureau.
8.
From 1969 until 1972 I served as the Associate Superintendent for Programs at the Idaho State Penitentiary.
The Idaho State Penitentiary was Idaho's only adult maximum security correctional Institution housing all convicted felons over age sixteen (10). In my position as Associate Superintendent for Programs I was responsible for all treatment and custodial programs within the institution.
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Prior to my appointment as Associate. Superintendent for Programs, treatment programs were non-existent. I developed casiwor.k services, work release and an accredited high school and college program. In addition, psychological and psychiatric services were implemented and chaplaincy serviced broadened. The institution changed from one custodial to treatment oriented.
10.
While serving as Associate Superintendent, I was also a voting member of the Idaho Commission for Pardons.and Paroles.
11.
In 1972 I was appointed First Deputy Superintendent for Treatment at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. In that capacity I was responsible for_ all treatment programs at Rockview.
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From 1973 to 1983 I served us Superintendent of the State -Correctional Institution at Dallas. The institution provides a wide range of programs and services for 1200 inmates at an annual operating budget of approximately twelve million dollars ($12,000,000).
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From February 1,1983 until July 4,1983 I served as Superintendent of the 1
State Correctional Institution at Graterford.
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From July 4,1983 until the present, I have served as the Acting Commissioner of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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I have authored a variety of articles in the field of corrections including the following:
The Use of Inmate Panels by Adult Correctional Institutions, Iowa,1968; a.
b.
Institutional and Community Resources, Idaho Peace Officers' Magazine, September 1971; c.
The Support Team Concept:
A New A pproach In Pennsylvania's Correctional Institutions. The Quarterly, Autumn 1973, the Pa.' Association of Probation, Parole and Corrections; d.
Co-editor, Correctional Classification and Treatment, American Correctional Association, W.A. Anderson'P5blishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1975; and Co-editor, Correctional Law, Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association, e.
May 1979.
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I have been a member of a number of professional associations including the following:
a.
American Correctional Association; b.
American Correctional Association Technical Assistance Committee; c.
Approved Technical Consultant for Adult In.,titutions, American Correctional Association; d.
Past President of North American Association of Wardens and l
Superintendents of the American Correctional Association;
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Board of Directors of North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents; 3
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Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association;-
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Permanent Standing Committee on Classification of the American Correctional Association; h.
Northeast Regional Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency,' June 1976 to 1980; i.
Board of Directors, Crime Clinic of Wyoming' Valley, Pennsylvania; J.
Approved Auditor for Commission on Accreditation for Corrections-Adult Institutions; k.
Pennsylvania Council on Crime and Delinquency; and 1.
Pennsylvania Council on Crime and Delinquency, Prison and Jail Overcen. ding Task Force Committee.
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I have also served as a lecturer in the field of correctiorfs$.at Boise State College; King's College in Wilkes-Barr'e, Pennsylvania; Marywood College and Luzerne Community College.
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It is my opinion that there are sound penological reasons for requiring the confidentiality of all classified parts of our State Correctional Institution at Graterford (hereinafter SCIG) evacuation plan, which have been deleted from our unclassified version of the plan offered to counsel for the inmates.
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SCIG is one of three maximum-security walled institutions maintained by the.
Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction.
The continuous thirty-foot (30') high concrete wall surrounds the entire institution and presents a formidable
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obstacle to escape.
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As of the last day of October 1984, SClO confined 605 offenders convicted f
of murder (310 of which were murders in the first degree and fifteen of which were awaiting execution),616 offenders convicted of robbery and 206 offenders convicted of forceful rape in.its inmate population.
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would place the public at an unnecessary risk during the operation of the plan.
The development of the plan required expertise in corrections, knowledge of 22.
the physical plant of SCIG and knowledge of the physical plant of our support This knowledge and expertise is not available to anyone outside Ud institutions.
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of, divulging to inmates materials almost as sensitive as this plan. Thus, there is a reasonable suspicion that, even though we are jiven assurances by an attorney for the inmates that the plan will not be divulged, that it will be divulged to the inmates in some form or another.
If this plan becomes compromised to any significant degree, the Pennsylvania 24.
Bureau of Correction will be required to change the plan, thus delaying the operation of the Limmerick plant and needlessly expending tax dollars to This would be required so that we can be assured'that the change the plan.
public is adequately protected.
Due to the substantial risk to the public if the clar::lfled parts of this plan 25.
are disclosed to the inmates as compared with the futility of any kind of meaningful review of the classified parts of the plan by anyone outside the Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction, it is my expert opinion that only the unclassified version of the evacuation plan be disclosed to anyone without a need to know, particularly to counsel for the inmates or anyone else with connections with the inmates.
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I AFFIDAVIT OF GLEN R. JEFFES I, Glen R. Jeffes, being duly sworn according to law, hereby depose and state the following:
1.
I am the Acting Commissioner of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2.
I have had extensive training and experience in the field of corrections.
3.
I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from' Michigan State University in 1957.
I graduated with a major in personnel and a minor in Social Science.
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I received a Master of Arts Degree from Michigan State University in 1962.
My course of studies in this degree program included a major in counseling and guidance and a minor in psychology.
5.
I have also completed advanced graduate work at the University of Tennessee In 1962, where I studied ecunseling techniques and psychology, and at Northwest Missouri State College in 1965, where I studied diagnostic testing. In addition I have attendaal numerous seminars in correctional management.
6.
I have held various positions in the field of corrections in a career which has spanned more than twenty years.
7.
From 1964 to 1969 I was employed by the Board of Control and Department of Social Services of the State of Iowa in the following positions:
Psychologist at Iowa State Penitentiary, where I assisted in psychological a.
evaluations and conducted individual and group counseling sessions;.
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Supervisor of Minimum Custody Treatment, Iowa State Penitentiary, in which I supervised, developed and conducted all treatment programs for inmates assigned outside the prison walls; i
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Personnel Administrator, Central Office, Iowa Division of Corrections; with the responsibility for developing a total Bureau personnel program _
for four adult and two juvenile institutions; and d.
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Corrections, with responsibility for developing and establishing written polleles and procedures for the Bureau.
8.
From 1969 until 1972 I served as the Associate Superintendent for Programs at the Idaho State Penitentiary. The Idaho State Penitentiary was Idaho's only adult maximum security correctional institution housing all convicted felons over age sixteen (16). In my position as Associate Superintendent for Programs I was responsible for all treatment and custodial programs within the institution.
9.
Prior to my appointment as Associate Superintendent for Programs, treatment programs were non-existent. I developed casework services, work release and an accredited high school and college program. In addition, psychological and psychiatric services, were implemented and chaplainey serviced broadened. They, institution changed from one custodial to treatment oriented.
10.
While serving as Associate Superintendent, I was also a voting member of the Idaho Commission for Pardons and Paroles.
11.
In 1972 I was appointed First Deputy Superintendent for Treatment at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, in that capacity I was responsible for all treatment programs at Rockview.
12.
From 1973 to 1983 I served as Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Dallas. The institution provides a wide range of programs and services for 1200 inmates at an annual operating budget of approximately twelve million dollars ($12,000,000).
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From February 1,1983 until July 4,1983 I served as Superintendent of tlie State Correctional Institution at Graterford.
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From July 4,1983 until the present, I have served as the Acting Commissioner of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
15.
I have authored a variety of articles in the field of corrections including the following:
a.
The Use of Inmate Panels by Adult Correctional Institutions, Iowa,1968; b.
Institutional and Community Resources, Idaho Peace Officers' Magazine, September 1971; c.
The Support Team Concept:
A New Approach In Pennsylvania's -
CorrectionalInstitutions. The Quarterly, Autumn 1973, the Pa. Association of Probation, Parole and Corrections; d.
Co-editor, Correctional Classification and Treatment, American Correctional Association, W.A. Anderson Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1975; and Co-editor, Correctional Law, Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association, e.
May 1979.
16.
I have been a member of a number of professional associations including the following:
a.
American Correctional Association; b.
American Correctional Association Technical Assistance Committee; c.
Approved Technical Consultant for A,dult Institutions, American Correctional Association; d.
Past President of North American Association of Wardens and l
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Board of Directors of North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents; 3
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Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association; I
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Board of Directors, Crime Clinic of Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania; j.
Approved Auditor for Commission on Accreditation for Corrections-A< Institutions; k.
Pennsylvania Council on Crime and Delinquency; and L
Pennsylvania Council on Crime and Delinquency, Prison and Jail Overcrowding Task Force Committee.
17.
I have also served as a lecturer in the field of corrections at Boise State College; King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Marywood College and Luzerne Community College.
18.
It is my opinion that there are sound penological reasons for requiring the confidentiality of all classified parts of our State Correctional Institution at?
Graterford (hereinafter SCIG) evacuation plan, which have been deleted from our unclassified version of the plan offered to counsel for the inmates.
19.
SCIG is one of three maximum-security walled institutions maintained by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction.
The continuous thirty-foot (30') high concrete wall surrounds the entire institution and presents a formidable obstacle to escape.
20.,..As of the last day of October 1984, SCIG confined 605 offenders convicted of murder (310 of which were murders in the first degree and fifteen of which were awaiting execution),616 offenders convicted of robbery and 206 offenders convicted of forceful rape in its inmate population.
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By providing inmates with any parts of the classified information in the plan, they will be able to make plans to foil the smooth operation of the plan and to plan escapes during the operation of the plan. Furthermore, they will be able to tell their friends and family what the plan is, thus providing further opportunities to disrupt the plan or to plan an escape. All of these actions would place the public at an unnecessary risk during the operation of the plan.
22.
The development of the plan required expertise in corrections, knowledge of the physical plant of SCIG and knowledge of the physical plant cd our support institutions. This knowledge and expertise is not available to anyone outside the Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction. Thus, review of the classified parts of the plan would be futile.
23.
There have been occurrences where attorneys have, or have been suspected of, divulging to inmates materials almost as sensitive as this plan. Thus, there is a reasonable suspicion that, even though we are given assurances by an attorney for the inmates that the plan will not be divulged, that it will be divulged to the inmates in some form or another.
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If this plan becomes compromised to any significant degree, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction will be required to change the plan, thus delaying the coeration of the Limmerick plant and needlessly expending tax dollars to change the plan. This would be required so that we can be assured that the public is adequately protected.
25.
Due to the substantial risk to the public if the classified parts of this plan are disclosed to the inmates as compared with the futility of any kind of meaningful review of the classified parts of the plan by anyone outside the Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction, it is my expert opinion that only the unclassified version of the evacuation plan be disclosed to anyone without a
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