European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inmates at a Boot Camp in St Gabriel la., line up for inspection. The Camps May not be As effective As once thought. Success of Boot Camp prisons in doubt Nyby Adam Nossiter the new York times t a time when Congress is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to open More military style Boot Camps for Young offenders across the country the Camp concept is getting a sceptical second look from Many academics and corrections officials. These experts say the Camps heralded As a crime fighting and Cost saving alternative to prison when the first of them opened a decade ago have so far achieved meager results belying their popularity among politicians and the Public. From state to state the experts note As Many As half of Camp inmates a and in some cases even More a Are unable to conform to the Rigours of military life and fail to graduate from the program which generally lasts from three to six months. Even among those who graduate recidivism rates Are not substantially lower than among convicts released from regular prisons. For these and other reasons the critics say the Camps  to prove unsuccessful in achieving two Central goals for which they were created easing prison overcrowding and restraining the increase in the states prison costs. So when the experts speak of these spit and polish Camps like the one at the Elayne Hunt correctional Center in St. Limel a town 70 Miles West of. New Orleans they Are careful to describe the merits of them in strictly qualified terms. Dale Parent who in 1989 did a study on Boot Camps for the National Institute of Justice a research Arm of the Justice department said recently Quot i remain convinced that for a few offenders they re a Good idea. I m not sure who those offenders . A new Boot Camp study for the Institute is now being completed by Doris l. Mackenzie a criminology professor at the University of Maryland who has found no significant difference Between Camp graduates and former prison inmates in the rate at which they Are returned to custody for subsequent offences. A a a a the scepticism among the academics and among a number of senior corrections officials and general accounting office investigators contrasts with a congressional enthusiasm for Boot Camps. A $3 billion provision of the anti. Crime Bill passed by the Senate i november would earmark most of that sum to Grants that would enable the states to continue expanding their Camp programs. A the Senate Bill must still be. Reconciled with a less ambitious House version but the final number that emerges from Congress is expected to be closer to the Senate s than to the houses passage of both Bills came Littfe More than six months after the Gao the _ a v. R investigative and auditing Arm of Congress issued a report concluding that although most states Camp programs were too new for an entirely meaningful evaluation Quot there is no Clear indication that Boot Camps have measurably reduced  William Jenkins jr., the accounting office s assistant director of Justice issues said the report Quot died on the Vine Quot on Capitol Hill. Quot it did t Tell them what they wanted to hear Quot said Jenkins who describes the Camps As a political Winner since they can be loved  liberals interested in rehabilitation and by conservatives interested in discipline. The report had been ordered by rep. William j. Hughes . Who Heads the House judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property and judicial administration. Hughes who ultimately voted for the Boot Camp Bill responded to Jenkins s remarks by saying Quot i dispute the suggestion that it died on the Vine. Gao attempts to provide information to Congress and it was helpful. We Don t expect them to do anything except provide us with  those facts Hughes said fed him to the conclusion that a properly conceived and administered Boot Camp program can work. A. The congressional legislation would hasten a Boot Camp expansion that has continued unabated since november 1983, when the first Camp for Young criminals opened in Oklahoma. Boot Camps have now spread to 30 states 10 local jurisdictions and the Federal corrections system. In All there Are now More than 50 such Camps a most for Young adults but a few for juveniles most for men but a Small fraction for women a housing about 8,000 inmates. College colognes the scent of on educated Man by the associated press aah that hint of Pine a is it Wolverine or a spartan a new line of men s colognes being marketed by a Philadelphia businessman is aimed at fans of some of the nation s powerhouse College teams. For University of Michigan fans there is the Pine scented victors named for the wolverines fight song. For fans of intrastate rival Michigan state there is the Wintergreen scented spartan. Peter Klamka 24, the Cologne s distributor said victors Quot smells like 175 years of academic and athletic  but then he s a Michigan alumnus. A other school scents he is marketing include Florida state Miami Penn state rambling Kentucky North Carolina Duke and Harvard. Klamka said the collegiate colognes Are Selling in about 200 stores nationwide. A Tavvo Oune bottle typically goes for $28. Short Story appalachians fight a hillbilly Bias by Allen g. Breed the associated press hillbilly. Ridge runner. Hick. Those were a just some of the names Larry Holcomb was called after his family moved to Cincinnati a from the Hilts of Harlan county by. But when a girl whose family had immigrated from Germany just five years earlier told him Quot to go Back where i belonged a Holcomb knew he was part of a special kind of minority. He was an appalachian. A i knew Why she said if a said Holcomb 48, who was born in the tiny Coal mining town of Closplint. A it was because she could say it and not get the censure As if shed said something similar to a Black  Holcomb and others say its More than names. They say people from Appalachia Are discriminated against in hiring and housing because of the stereotypes associated with the poverty of the Region which stretches 1,600 Miles from from Southern Quebec to Northern Alabama. Stories like Holcomb a were behind Cincinnati s decision to include appalachian americans As a protected class in the City a human rights ordinance in fact appalachians Are the Only group singled out for Protection against discrimination. The ordinance which passed in november 1992, gained widespread attention late last year when the Protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation was repealed. But there was Little or no discussion about the appalachian reference. Cincinnati chief counsel Rodney Prince who helped draft the ordinance said he was against including appalachian people in it. A we simply did not feel that there was one identifiable group out there. That were experiencing discrimination a he said. A i can to say i did no to think it was necessary because there was testimony. About real problems. I think what i would rather say i guess there was not the same Hue and cry As there was for say sexual orientation As a protected  but councilwoman Bobbi Sterne whose constituency includes Many transplanted Mountain people said there is at least the perception of discrimination. A they feel that they Are not hired a she said. A a lot of it is Job oriented  Maureen Sullivan director of Cincinnati a Urban appalachian Council knows of no documented cases where someone was denied housing or a Job because they were from Appalachia. And no complaints have been filed under that provision since the ordinance was passed. But she said Mountain people who number about 250,000 in the greater Cincinnati area do fit the description of a minority and Are. Deserving of special Protection. Holcomb is director of Northside Community school an alternative adult education program affiliated with the Urban appalachian Council he said the stigma of being from Appalachia has affected his Community in devastating ways. Studies conducted by the Council found the dropout rate in heavily appalachian neighbourhoods to be As High As 80 percent. He said much of that stems from teachers expectations about Quot Hillbillies a but Holcomb has seen some signs that things Are changing for his people. The human rights ordinance is one thing. Another is the recent decision by the los Angeles times to include Quot hillbilly and Hicks on a list of words people should avoid