Fun at Game: at the Queens County 
     
    
   
   
    
     In talking with many peo- 
     
     ple, these last few weeks, 
     
     it has become evident to 
     
     me that very few people 
     
     know exactly, or even part- 
     
     lquhat is going on behind 
     
     those "dirty brick walls" 
     
     on Longworth Avenue. 
     
    

    
     well, believe it or not, 
     
     it is even dirtier inside 
     
     than out. There are many 
     
     bad things happening there 
     
     and I hope to let as many 
     
     people know about them as 
     
     possible. ‘ 
     
    

    
     I guess the best intro— 
     
     duction is to run through 
     
     (a routine day for a "rou—~ 
     
     tine priSoner" (of which 
     
     I am no longer, thank God) 
     
    

    
     At 6:00 A.M. his cell 
     
     door is opened and he is 
     
     shaken to get‘him up. He 
     
     then has to make his bed. 
     
     clean his cell and "pre- 
     
     pare" himself for break- 
     
     fast at 7:00. 
     
    

    
     Breakfast is bad. The 
     
     fried eggs are hard enough 
     
     to bounce and the boiled 
     
     eggs are either hard or 
     
     not cooked at all. The 
     
     toast is extremely soggy 
     
     and the coffee is watered 
     
     down. An interesting note 
     
     here is that no prisoner 
     
     is given milk with his 
     
     meals. 
     
    

    
     After breakfast (yippee) 
     
     everyone is free to do 
     
     what he wants until dinner. 
     
     These include reading, . 
     
     sleeping (on top of "made" 
     
     iron bed) playing cards, 
     
     watching T.V., or if you 
     
     feel like working, the 
     
     guards will let you mop 
     
     the entire front section 
     
     of the jail. 
     
    

    
     Dinner (as well as other 
     
     meals) is brought from 
     
     J.F.F. at 11:45 a.m£ in a 
     
     truck with no food heat— 
     
     er, thus becoming relafi 
     
     tively cold. This meal in— 
     
     cludes spagetti, macaroni, 
     
     a cold plate. a hot turkey 
     
     and sometimes beef or chi- 
     
     cken and potatoes. This 
     
     could be a "decent" meal 
     
     if there was more and the 
     
     quality wasn't so terrible. 
     
    

    
     Between dinner and supper 
     
     there are many more inter- 
     
     esting activities. You can 
     
     repeat the morning’ones or 
     
     maybe pace the floor or 
     
     look out one of the three 
     
     windows. If one of the "not 
     
     so lazy" guards are on you 
     
     might be able to get a few 
     
     minutes outside in the yard. 
     
     Prisoners are supposed to 
     
     be out for one hour daily 
     
    

    
     but this is work for the 
     
    

    
     guards and that is last 
     
     on the list for guard 
     
     priorities. 
     
    

    
     Supper is worse than din— 
     
     ner as a rule. I might add 
     
     that I experienced a per- 
     
     manent indigestion problem 
     
     while I was eating the jail 
     
     food. But I guess it's be— 
     
     tter than starving or being 
     
     locked up for days, (this 
     
     happens if you refuse to 
     
     eat). ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     The time between supper & 
     
     "bedtime" is the longest 
     
     period of the day because, 
     
     due to lack of activity, 
     
     the men are usually quite 
     
     down by now. 
     
    

    
     At ten o'clock, everyone 
     
     is locked back in his cell 
     
     where he is alone again, 
     
     naturally, until the next 
     
     morning. Saturday is an ex— 
     
     ception here, as everyone 
     
     can stay up to watch the 
     
     hockey game. (Saturday nig— 
     
     ht special). 
     
    

    
     Many terrible "happenings" 
     
     arise out of these general 
     
     conditions and I hope to 
     
     be able to tell you about 
     
     them in the near future;\ 
     
     If you have any questions' 
     
     or interest please let me”: 
     
     know in your own way. It's 
     
     time the truth was out so 
     
     keep tuned to this paper 
     
     for the particulars on pills 
     
     in.jail, convulsions in 
     
     jail, surprise inspections, 
     
     fires and all sorts of ot- 
     
     her fun things, all which 
     
     can only happen at our own \ 
     
     "Queen's County". 
     
    

    
     Love and Kisses 
     
     Sidney T. Kidd 
     
     , & friends 
     
     P.S° Dinner just,came in: 
     
     Beans and potatoes and bre- 
     
     ad and tea. That's really 
     
     going to smell bad in the 
     
     garbage. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     REALITY CALLS FOR QUALITY 
     
    
   
   
    
     With the Student Union e1- 
     
     ections looming nearer and 
     
     nearer and more complaints 
     
     arise concerning the pre- 
     
     sent council's term in off- 
     
     ice, I'd liketo take the 
     
     opportunity to say a few 
     
     words on the subject. 
     
    

    
     Thinking back to last year's 
     
     election, the campaigns, 
     
     the promises, it appears all 
     
     you have to do is get up in 
     
     front of a microphone, pro- 
     
     mise absolutely nothing, 
     
     say a lot of vague general- 
     
     izations about nothing in 
     
     particular and you've got“ 
     
     the campaign wrapped up. If 
     
     on the other hand, you are 
     
     really concerned and want to 
     
     change things within the 
     
     Student Union and what's mo- 
     
     re, have very definite ideas, 
     
     one word of caution; don't 
     
     tell them to anyone for two 
     
     reasons: 
     
    

    
     1) they will continue to use 
     
     your ideas as their own, 
     
    

    
     2) you won't win anyway be- 
     
     cause people are afraid of 
     
     people who can think. They 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘resent them to a point that 
     
    
   
   
    
     they will elect someone on 
     
     a sympathy vote rather than 
     
     someone on their intellect 
     
     and initiative. 
     
    

    
     This past year's council 
     
     has been (to say the least) 
     
    
   
   
    
     useless. Three quarters of 
     
     the meetings started one ha- 
     
     lf hour late as we had to 
     
     wait for members to turn up 
     
     before we could start and a 
     
     surprising number were can- 
     
     celled because not enough 
     
     showed up to hold it. 
     
    

    
     If you are seriously con- 
     
     sidering running in this 
     
     year's election, please stop 
     
     and think of your motives 
     
     before you even entertain 
     
     the thought. If you are ru— 
     
     nning for the popularity of 
     
     it all -- don't, we don't 
     
     want you and you won't be 
     
     gaining in popularity; if 
     
     you are running just to run 
     
     and have a good time -- don't 
     
     the same applies; if you are 
     
     running because you think 
     
     changes are neceSSary -- but 
     
     have no idea what to change, 
     
     -- don't, for good intentions 
     
     and trying hard to do some- 
     
     thing that you have no con- 
     
     ception of in the first pla- 
     
     ce will not succeed. You 
     
     NEED definite ideas -- you 
     
     need a certain amount of un— 
     
     derstanding among the exec- 
     
     utive members of the council, 
     
     and above all, you need str- 
     
     ength of character. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Louise Mould