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Considering the importance of public opinion to the NPRA’s mission, the press became an important entity through which information about Walpole was spread. In particular, the Boston Herald American often made racist attacks against Commissioner John O. Boone and sided with the guards’ union. On the other hand, the Boston Globe used information…

The Ad Hoc Committee brought trained, neutral observers into Walpole to record the happenings inside without intervening in any conflicts, a project facilitated by the prisoners’ belief that directly accessing civilians was crucial to publicly demonstrate that guards were ineffective and prisons were unnecessary. Following Superintendent Raymond E.…