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Prisoners work in the printing shop, computer shop, and brush shop.
Tags: SL
Observer describes hostility between prisoners and guards despite pleasantry when isolated.
Tags: SE
Shops are being run very well. However, maximum security is rather dirty.
Tags: SL
Rideout speaks with some guards, who mention their concerns that observers will get rid of their jobs. The guards seem convinced that the observers are getting paid.
Tags: SL
The observer spoke with prisoners, ultimately coming to the conclusion that the reason they struggle to return to society is that they aren't prepared for outside life and are not treated like humans.
Tags: SL
Guards and prisoners have an okay relationship, and medication is slow to come.
Tags: SL
A young man and woman are denied visitation, and prisoners are being given phenobarbital to make them sleep;
Tags: SL
Prisoners had good morale due to being able to take control of their lives
Tags: SL
Rosenberg notes the specific and complex dynamics between prisoners, guards, and observers. The report ends with a list of statements from prisoners that expresses their positive stance toward the observer program, distain for the old guards, and…
Tags: SL
The civilian guards get along with the prisoners, but they are worried about the return of the old guards. One prisoner reports that contraband is present in the prison.
Tags: SL
Prisoners concerned about the potential for guard violence after the guards return
Tags: SL
An old guard yells at trainees for trying to leave.
Tags: SL
A prisoner who is a heart patient has not received his medication nightly for a week. An old guard yells at trainees for trying to leave.
Tags: SL
There was a mess-up at mealtime, which prisoners attributed to guards intentionally harassing them.
Tags: SL
Rowland reports a complication in the shift change, in which a guard repeatedly said he'd "be right up," but never came.
Tags: SL
Windows in multiple cells are broken.
Tags: SL
Windows in multiple cells are broken.
Tags: SL
Guards in 10 Block announce that men can only come out of cells one at a time, which people did not want to do.
Tags: SL
The atmosphere is generally relaxed, though the cell blocks in maximum are dirty.
Tags: SL