European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. July 4,1987 . Mayor acts to ease packed jails Washington a District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry declared a stale of emergency in the City s Chroni Cally overcrowded prison system Friday beginning a Oroc is that could open jail doors for 350 in nates convicted of non violent crimes. Cily corrections officials admitted he move will put Only a Dent in the on going overcrowding problem though. They said a Sec Ond emergency will Likely be declared when the current 90-Day period for .31 speeding up prison Hrh or releases ends. Of a with 7,950 in Amft mates in City facile Barry tics Friday the District was 631 Over capacity. Prison officials said the prison Popula Tion is increasing by 150 to 200 inmates a month. A Law Hal was passed recently by the City Council says the mayor can declare an emergency if City prisons have exceeded heir capacity for 30 consecutive Days. Barry s action came in the face of in creasing pressure from a Federal judge and despite heated opposition from rep. Stan Harris r-va., who represents the Northern Viiginia area Hal includes the City run lotion reformatory. Partis has introduced legislation in Congress to revoke Hie mayor s emergency Powers. He said that inc Early release will Send hundreds of dangerous criminals into the Community. . Corrections director Hallam Williams said the emergency will Only Speed up inc parole process for prisoners who have already reached Ihetu eligibility or arc within 180 Days of the end of their sentences. The review process will begin Mon Day and Williams said As Many As 350 inmates May be released during the 90 Day period. Our projections suggest the implementation of this legislation will not solve the prison overcrowding problem in and of  said Williams. It s going to reduce the population significantly he said. It s going to allow us to continue our quest for ultimate solutions. This gives us some breathing  although those convicted of violent crimes Are not eligible Williams said criminals imprisoned for drug violations will be considered. Lawsuits by prisoners at Lorton. Which was Hil by violent outbursts last summer have led to several court imposed Caps on the prisoner population there. . District judge june Green put off a july 1 deadline for meeting a population Cap. She has appointed a retired judge to oversee inc troubled prison system and asked him to recommend solutions that would alleviate inc overcrowding. The Bullet riddled ear thai used la carry Bonnie and Clyde on their bloody Crimin Spotss is Sis Spur skins a management. Here the 1934 Sedan is Only the Drivers have been changed along Between san Diego Calif and Phoenix Arii in the Groat american race that started i Disneyland in Anaheim Calif and will end Al Disney world Orlando flu. The celebrated gangster car driven by Pitini Withers and Bruce Gezon is one of no Italy 100 pc Lytta Stikin thence. Defector contradicts Reagan claim of Large cuban Force in Nicaragua Washington a a cuban general who defected to the United Stales has said there Are 300 to 400 cuban military personnel in Nicaragua Only a Small fraction of what president Reagan s administration has claimed. Brig Gen. Rafael Del Pino Diaz gave that estimate during nine hours of inter views Wilh radio Marti which made Public a summary of his comments. Del Pino s figure contrasts Wilh the . Claim that bal when 2,500 and 3,500 cuban military personnel arc stationed in Nicaragua. The . Estimate of All categories of cubans based there is 7,500. The adminis Lvalion has never Dis closed publicly How it arrived Al its Esti mate of cuban advisers but a . Offi Cial once said it was based on overhead photographs of the facilities where the cubans arc housed. The presence of cuban military personnel in Nicaragua has been cited by the Reagan administration As evidence of the sandinista government s marxist orientation. Secretary of slate George p. Shuller  said the first contingent of cubans arrived on the Day of the sandinista Triumph in 1979. He has accused the cubans and Oiler foreign cadres in Nicara Gua of promoting instability and violence in Central  president Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua Slid last year there were about Koo cuban military personnel in Nicaragua. The Nicann Guin embassy As closed Fri Day and is diplomats were unavailable for comment on whether the 800 figure still stands. Del Pino according to the radio Marti summary said president Fidel Castro wants to limit the number of cubans in Nicaragua because he knows the cuban people will not accept another extensive foreign military Commil Mcnol. Cuba is said to have 17,000 troops in Angola. Del Pino has claimed there have been 10,000 cuban casualties in Angola since 1976. Del Pino who defected May 28 with his wife and three children has spent the past four weeks being debriefed by . Intelligence officials Al an undisclosed to Calion in inc Washington Aiea. The radio Marti interview is inc Only one to which he has consented. He reportedly is worried that televised internets would make him easily identifiable and endanger his personal Security. Radio Marti a voice of America oper Alion which broadcasts exclusively to Cuba condensed the nine hours of inter views with Del Pino into four on hour Long programs which have been beamed to he Island Over inc past week. The cuban government has portrayed Del Pino As a Man whose career was in decline Al the Lime of his defection. Cuba has maintained that Del Pino who served As a combat Pilot for the revolution at the time of the Bay of pigs inva Sion was grounded earlier this year be cause of Eye problems and also was suffering from stress. It suggested he had been demoted. 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