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Guards, trainees, and supervisors argue over shift changes. Someone else complains about the lack of guards. An inmate expresses a desire for more opportunities to exercise and notes the lack of a drug program at Walpole.
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Guards are quite friendly.
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Conditions are the same as before. Two prisoners complain that transportation won't take them to Norfolk, where they are supposed to undergo medical treatment.
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One prisoner in block 10 was transferred with only one hour of prior notice. Moreover, breakfast was delayed, causing tension between prisoners and guards.
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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.
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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.
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Guards do not listen to prisoner requests. For Branch, the guards appeared hostile to him personally.
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Guards do not listen to prisoner requests. For Branch, the guards appeared hostile to him personally.
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Prisoner morale is high, but some complain that their mail is being delayed and that guards are reading it. One guard reports bottles being thrown at him, but Trachy finds no evidence of this.
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Prisoner morale is high, but some complain that their mail is being delayed and that guards are reading it. One guard reports bottles being thrown at him, but Trachy finds no evidence of this.
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Prisoners spend most of their time loitering around. They harbor resentment toward the old guards, but get along with the trainee. Black and white prisoners ate separately at lunch.
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Prisoners spend most of their time loitering around. They harbor resentment toward the old guards, but get along with the trainee. Black and white prisoners ate separately at lunch.
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Heating is inconsistent, but food has improved.
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Heating is inconsistent, but food has improved.
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Guards are polite to Schweisberg and inmates. While conditions in the cell blocks are bad, the food has improved since the beginning of the observer program. One Black prisoner feels that there is racial bias with regard to who gets to take part in…
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Prisoners and guards have a "friendly tolerance" toward each other. Prisoners also display a racial group cohesiveness.
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Prisoners and guards have a "friendly tolerance" toward each other. Prisoners also display a racial group cohesiveness.
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Prisoners work in the printing shop, computer shop, and brush shop.
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Prisoners and guards are friendly, though prisoners exhibit low morale.
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Prisoners suspect that guards are being lenient as a set up to encourage prisoners to make escape attempts. The prisoners working in the kitchen have not been paid since November, and there is generally not enough work for everyone.
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