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| Penn. Warden in Hot Water Over Shower Rule |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/10/2002 |
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The three-minute shower is now a requirement at a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania prison thanks to a lingering drought, but the warden is the one who finds himself in hot water. Robert Raiger disputed water usage figures cited by the county and did not immediately enact an order last week to curb showers for 400 Lebanon County prison inmates who were already bathing just three times a week during the winter, officials said. He began serving a three-day suspension April 1. 'We asked the general public to conserve because of the drought,' said Rose Marie Swanger, a commissioner and prison board chairwoman in the 120,000-resident county east of Harrisburg. 'So we thought we should do the same at county facilities.' March 29 was the first day for the shortened showers, which means washing nine bodies in one shower within a half hour, or a little over three minutes per person. There were a few inmate complaints, but no significant problems, said Michael J. Garrity, a deputy warden at the prison. Raiger did not return telephone messages left at his home. He could have an ally in William M. Reznor, a deputy corrections secretary who sent a letter reminding county officials that more prisoners and shorter showers could mean a greater risk of health problems from 'unsanitary, unclean sources.' Swanger said that the county was well within the two-baths-a-week guideline of the state, which inspects county prisons yearly. The prison's water usage rates caught the eye of county officials after Gov. Mark S. Schweiker declared that Lebanon and 23 other counties were under a drought emergency calling for reduced water usage by up to 15 percent. |
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