Browse Items · Walpole 1973 NPRA Digital Archive

Observer Report (Leo Slaggie) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Prisoners yell at the guards after cells are opened, but overall prisoner morale is good.

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Observer Report (Paul Lindstrom) April 2, 1973 - Typed

Guard was respectful to prisoners. Lindstrom asks one prisoner about a piece of contraband that was given publicity in the news after a shakedown.

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Observer Report (John F. Murphy) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Prisoners hold the attitude that while the younger guards are fair to them, the older guards have a history of corrupting them. Educational resources are poor.

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Observer Report (No Name) April 1, 1973 - Typed

A man (former prisoner) and women were stopped outside; man was detained and car was searched.

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Observer Report (Jay Rudden) March 31, 1973 - Typed

Windows in multiple cells are broken.

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Observer Report (John Leahy) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Inmates were given the wrong medication, and there was Tal 50 missing. Another inmate had been waiting for visitors for 45 minutes.

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Observer Report (Thomas Gary) March 31, 1973 - Typed

There were no guards present for several hours, but one came at 4:50.

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Observer Report (C. Birnbaum) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Prisoners expect a shakedown when the guards re-enter. Moreover, they threaten "trouble" against the guards who had previously harassed them.

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Observer Report (John Osler) March 31, 1973 - Typed

Guards took evening count. Someone called the desk and complains about an observer. Later, an inmate cut their foot, and a medic was called for.

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Observer Report (Ernest (Tony) Winsor) March 31, 1973 - Typed

Guards move in and out of the prison. One prisoner suspects certain observers of being spies.

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Observer Report (Artie Johnson) March 27, 1973 - Typed

An prisoner requests for Johnson to return a package to Boston, but the guard in control refuses to give it to him.

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Observer Report (Joseph P. Cotter Jr.) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Educational resources are poor

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Observer Report (Margot Lindsay, Julia Kaufmann) April 2, 1973 - Typed

Guards and prisoners pass through.

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Observer Report (Timothy J. Norris) April 1, 1973 - Typed

Guards are cooperative, and both guards and prisoners think that observers are making things calmer.

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Observer Report (Paul Baker) March 27, 1973 - Typed

One prisoner in 8 block (who had been transferred from 10 block) felt that the transfers being allowed to roam around could be used as an excuse not to release others in 10 block. Another prisoner in 6 block reported that no medication had arrived…

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