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Prisoners are happy with the current situation in which guards have minimal if any contact with them. However, there is a feeling that people are waiting for the prisoners to "screw up" so that there can be another lockdown and police presence.
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Shops are being run very well. However, maximum security is rather dirty.
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The night was quiet and uneventful.
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Observer describes a "quiet night" on his shift. There is only one guard and a cadet.
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Casey records the other observers' notes, including those regarding a fight in the prison. Things are calm within the prison itself.
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Food and conditions in 10 Block were poor.
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Observer describes prisoner hostility towards guards and suspicion towards observers that are suspected to have been hired by Burke.
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Haskell tracks the movement of the trainee and regular guards. One prisoner requests that Haskell help him ask the medic for sleeping medication.
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Prisoners are doing well and handling food, the laundry, and cleaning in an organized fashion; they also exhibit a strong sense of solidarity They are apprehensive about the guards' return.
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The hospital and very understaffed and under-resourced. Meals and counts proceed well. Guard presence is low, and prisoners have a strong sense of solidarity.
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Prisoners complain that there are few visits from medics.
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Prisoners complain that there are few visits from medics.
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There is little interaction between prisoners and guards compared to Kaplan's last visit.
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Welch speaks with a prisoner, who mentions the recent suicide but knows little about it. He also visits the laundry and observes the work there.
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Prisoners are apprehensive for the guards' return.
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Not much of note occurred. Block 10 is cold and drafty.
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Atmosphere is tense, and cells are dingy. Prisoner complaints include a lack of medical care, outside activity, exercise, etc.
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Remes talks with a prisoner about a drug treatment and education program that is being set up.
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There is one incident in which a prisoner is taken away on a stretcher due to a seizure. While prisoners complain of meals, the unusable gym floor, and lack of working materials for the shops, they are doing their best and generally running Walpole…
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