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Las Vegas Sun: Lawmakers shy away from Scientology's prison project
Las Vegas Sun, February 14, 2003
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2003/feb/14/514664535.html
Lawmakers shy away from prison project
Health experiment in Mexico has ties to Scientologists
CARSON CITY -- Lawmakers are fleeing as fast as they can from a
proposed trip to Ensenada, Mexico, to see a prison experiment with
Scientology ties.
Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno, is proposing a pilot program in
Nevada, and has secured 35 seats on a Southwest Airlines flight to San
Diego on March 1 -- funded by Arizona Scientologist Randy Suggs -- as
part of a trip to the prison.
The program in Ensenada was started by Rick Pendery in 1995 and
includes techniques called Narcanon [sic] and Criminon, drug treatment
therapies developed by the late L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of
Scientology.
Elements of the treatment include massive doses of vitamins and
minerals as well as vastly extended sauna sessions.
Angle, the Assembly minority whip, is sponsoring a bill to launch a
similar model in Nevada's women's prisons, and would be seeking grant
money through President Bush's faith-based initiatives. That leads
many to suspect Scientologists will continue to have ties to the
program in Nevada, and is keeping most lawmakers away from the trip.
Angle said she would seek Bush's community-based, not faith-based,
initiative grants. She said she is not a Scientologist, just a woman
of faith who attends weekly prayer meetings in the Legislative
Building. In her office, she has a poster commemorating the first
prayer in Congress.
After an Associated Press report appeared about Angle's proposed trip
to Mexico, Assemblywoman Genie Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, decided not
to attend.
"Ohresnschall canceled her registration stating that after
researching the program further, she has decided not to
participate," Assembly Majority Leader Barbara Buckley,
D-Las Vegas, said.
Ohrenschall told the Sun she had never confirmed she was going in the
first place.
So far Angle has just two legislative takers for her sojourn: Don
Gustavson, R-Sun Valley, and Valerie Weber, R-Las Vegas.
Gustavson and Angle are the most conservative lawmakers in the
Assembly, often voting as a two-person bloc against bills that other
Republicans sponsor. Weber is a freshman Assemblywoman and Christian
conservative.
"At a time when our kids might be going without books and teachers
it would be impossible to justify spending money on an unproven massage,
sauna and vitamin plan for prisoners," Buckley said.
When a similar program was proposed in Arizona, testimony stated the
cost was $15,000 per person for three to 12 months of treatment. The
Arizona Legislature did not approve the program.
Angle has also invited all six of the state's constitutional officers
to attend. She has visited the program twice, once with a group of
legislators from around the country, and a second time with Jackie
Crawford, director of Nevada's Department of Corrections.
Buckley said she did not think the state should be providing saunas
and massages to prisoners.
"These gimmicky programs undermine successful rehabilitative
programs, such as the drug court pioneered by Clark County Judge
Jack Lehman," Buckley said.
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