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A quiet shift. Two of the guards had rapport with prisoners, whereas another one was unresponsive.

Prisoners have high morale and respond positively to the observer program.

A guard refused to allow a change from one corridor to another. Otherwise quiet shift.

The prisoners have established the Prisoners Hospital Committee.

Wiechert witnesses an initiation ritual in which prisoners were running around naked.

Wiechert witnesses an initiation ritual in which prisoners were running around naked.

Nickerson goes through the avocation area.

Seldon records a conflict between a Black officer trainee and a white guard.

Seldon records a conflict between a Black officer trainee and a white guard.

The NPRA questions why a specific officer was assigned to Block 10, since he had previously stabbed someone there. There has been another incident in which Waitkevich was angry with a cadet for leaving his posts, was violent toward him, and fired…

One prisoner's head had been split open and was being admitted to the prison hospital. There is a moment of conflict between an officer and a cadet.

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.

Prisoners walk around hand-in-hand with women, presumably as couples.

Guards and prisoners are friendly to each other, and the corridor is in good condition.

It's a quiet shift.

There is a complaint about mice in the maximum security section. Moreover, two guards claim to have found steel rods in a cell block. Separately, Seldon sees a book on Prison Busing on a table, which is denigrated by guards.