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Baker provides a list of suggestions for the observer program.
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DeAntoni spends the night with two guards and comments on the poor conduct of one of them, stating that he "should never be allowed to become a corrections officer."
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Prisoners discuss getting off drugs. Another prisoner would like to be transferred.
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McGrail overhears conversation about drugs.
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Prisoners are glad that they are not locked in and can move through the corridor. One prisoner has an infection and needs further treatment.
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One prisoner needed medical treatment, especially insulin. Otherwise, prisoners are generally organized.
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Prisoners have concerns such as not getting enough meet and cell doors still being shut at 5:20.
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There was some tension and a rumor about "trouble" in a cell block.
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Kaplan is dismayed to hear that prisoners are put into Walpole and "told nothing." He is impressed with BANTU.
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Thompson notes that morale is high and writes a list of suggested changes.
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Prisoners are running Walpole well, though there is a lot of noise. There is an incident where a prisoner couldn't get into a locked supply closet.
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Prisoners have happy to be running the prison, and things are smooth.
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Atmosphere is calm; some prisoners are cleaning, and meal is decent.
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The atmosphere is calmer than it was a few days ago.
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Boardman visits the hospital, where he sees a stabbing victim and Bobby Delello. He also visits the shops and notes how there are now private jobbing contracts that provide vocational skills for the outside.
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Prisoners have a strong sense of unity, though guards often harass them psychologically.
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Morale is high.
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The observer considers the reasons for the police raid and how it could have been stopped.
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Waitkovitch distributes a flyer announcing a lock-in and shakedown starting Monday morning, to which prisoners object. Some break glass and barricade cell block doors; a reporter from The Herald American alleges $2 million in damages done in maximum.…
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Pickard was surprised to see that the atmosphere was rather "orderly," rather than "rebellious."
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