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Professor testifies at hearing on federal judiciary system
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An ISU professor testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in regards to releasing prisoners to save government money. The Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Washington, to discuss the debate on prison populations and cost-cutting solutions. “We will be exploring with Director [Charles] Samuels and a panel of witnesses what can be done to improve our prison systems so we better protect the public while reducing costs,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at the hearing on oversight of the Bureau of Prison and cost-effective strategies for reducing recidivism via webcast. Matt DeLisi, the coordinator of criminal justice and professor of sociology, was asked to testify at the hearing. “My role was to talk about what prisoners are like or what kinds of conditions they have that might make releasing them a bad idea,” DeLisi said. The hearing was designed to bring the committee and several witness testimonies together to address this issue of
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Cyclone Cinema: “The Internship” When 7 to 8:59 p.m. What Cyclone Cinema, presented by the Student Union Board, will be playing the movie “The Internhip.” This is free to all students and plays every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Where 101 Carver Hall
Friday SCIS Visiting Scholar When 10:30 a.m. to noon What Detmar Straub will give a research presentation as the SCIS visiting scholar. Where 3164 Gerdin Business Building Open House: Prospective design grad students When 12:30 to 6 p.m. What Students will have the opportunity to meet faculty, other students and tour facilities at the Design college. The event is free, but does require you to RSVP. Where College of Design
International Week: Dance Night When 8 to 11 p.m. What A chance to learn cultural dances at this fundraising event kickoff for International Week. The Bollywood Dance Club and Descarga Latin Dance Club will be teaching dances. The event costs $2 with proceeds going to Orphan Sponsorship International. Where Sun Room, Memorial Union
Chemistry seminar When 1:10 to 2 p.m. What “Reagent Control in Diastereoselective Chemical Glycosylation Reactions,” Clay Bennett, Tufts University. Where 1352 Gilman Hall
social traits … [they include] impulsivity, low self control, low verbal intelligence, high temper, narcissism,” DeLisi said. Inmates with this kind of behavior possibly could be subject to release if the federal budgets allow this action to take place. “One of the concerns I had about the report was that there was no consideration about the various types of antisocial features of these offenders. Their only concern was the cost of prisons, which is very high,” DeLisi said. Whitehouse said at the hearing that we, as the United States, must never try to save money at the expense of public safety. “I think that cost is well worth it compared to the damage that would be caused by releasing tens of thousands of federal offenders,” DeLisi said. Sen. Patrick Leahy said in a news statement that greater than 90 percent of federal inmates would be released from prison in the near future. He added that we need to do all we can to ensure that when inmates are released, they are prepared to become essential members of society. Some prisons have voluntary programs in place for inmates to help them rehabilitate and
Prisoner costs: ■■ Individual cost of one murder = $ 24 million ■■ 100 career offenders from Bureau of Prisons would produce $100 million in fiscal costs. ■■ 1 percent of inmates released = 32,850 additional murders, rapes, assaults, burglaries, thefts and incidents of arson
eventually be released and succeed in society. However, there are some inmates that are not capable of being rehabilitated, DeLisi said. “There are people who are sadistic, who not only inflict a lot of harm to people, but they enjoy doing it,” DeLisi said. DeLisi said no one can actually know what will happen if 10,000 offenders are released back into society. “The other part of it that is upsetting I think across the board is that confinement is very expensive, and so in prisons I think that counts for 25 to 35 percent of the total federal criminal justice budget,” DeLisi said. DeLisi said the issue will be debated in the future pending budgets of the upcoming years.
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Performance: Corb Lund & The Hurtin’ Albertans When 9 to 10:30 p.m. What Country music Where The M-Shop
Ghostly Impostors: The Glowing Magnetospheres of Massive Stars When 4:10 to 5 p.m. What Lecture by Richard Townsend from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Where 0003 Physics Hall
whether to release prisoners and save money or not release them and prevent other areas of the justice department from receiving that money. The federal prison system issue has attracted attention from both sides of the political spectrum, Whitehouse said. DeLisi said he doesn’t know what provoked the hearing, but the cost of government and corrections is something DeLisi that does not look good to people. Whitehouse said doing nothing about this problem is no longer an option. DeLisi attended and testified before the committee to argue against what the judicial system is trying to negotiate. “The very people who you want to confine, they want to potentially release for cost’s sake,” DeLisi said. DeLisi has a background in researching inmate correction and inmate misconduct. The inmates in question are those who exhibit antisocial behavior according to DeLisi’s testimony. “In terms of anti-
Debt does indeed matter. These were the words of Suku Radia, CEO and president of Bankers Trust, as presented “Banking – An Industry in Crisis: Is It Over Yet?” on Thursday at the Gerdin Building. “Just how did this mighty industry get into such a mess?” Radia said. “There is a significant disagreement between the experts.” Radia’s lecture provided an explanation to the causes of the banking industry’s problems that led to the Great Recession. Radia also examined how the United States has fared since, and what lessons people have learned from the serious issues faced during this time. “I fully expect the business degree at Iowa State to grow in value as it already has and will continue to do so,” Radia said. Radia assumed his position at Bankers Trust in March 2008. Before this, he served as chief financial of-
Dance Social When 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. What The ISU Ballroom Dance Club hosts a free dance social. Where 196 Forker Hall
ficer of Meredith Corporation for eight years. Radia, born and raised in Kampala, Uganda, earned a Bachelor of Science from Iowa State in 1974 and became a certified public accountant in 1975 when he joined KPMG. Radia Radia said there are more investment capital in our system than we could use. He also said we chose the greedy option. “Let us not be too greedy and appreciate what we have,” Radia said. He also called out the federal government and said it did not do its part to prevent a meltdown of the mortgage market. Radia does believe that the crisis is over. Radia said he believes instead of keeping interest rates artificially low, the Federal Reserve needs to take decisive action. “The credit boom that showed signs of weakness at the beginning
of 2007 completely disappeared. Financial institutions should not expect another bail-out from tax payer dollars,” Radia said. “The economy is moving forward, albeit slowly.” This lecture was apart of the Stafford Lecture Series on Banking established by the College of Business and funded by Ames National Corporation as part of its 100 years of service to Ames. “This is my first Stafford Lecture as dean,” said David Spalding, dean of College of Business. “However, I understand that the lecture is one of the hallmark events every year.” The lecture series is in honor of Robert Stafford for his many years of dedicated service to First National Bank and Ames National Corporation. “We proudly pay tribute to Bob’s legacy of service to this community,” Spalding said. Stafford was awarded the Honorary Alumni Award in 2007. This award is the highest honor given by the university to individuals who are not graduates of Iowa State.
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