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Mordan describes how a guard locked the door at 2:15 and unlocked it at 5:00.

Things are quiet, and guards are cooperative. A special count occurs in the morning in which an NPRA representative is let out in each block to accompany guards.

Prisoners express that value of having no guards in cell blocks.

Citizen observer describes issues with medical distribution and growing distrust of citizen observers from prisoners.

Shift coordinators share information about concerns like a lack of armbands, problems with specific observers, and prisoners hearing rumors about observers being spied from DA Burke.

Albert Bigelow reports on an uncooperative observer, and Eames mentions that there are very few armbands remaining.

The observers relay situations such as a cadet being suspended, a hunger strike by the prisoners, and prisoner complaints about the furlough policy.

Prisoners stick together and are friendlier than guards. There are problems with medicine disbursement.

Observer describes prisoner complaints about medicine delivery, cell conditions, and an interaction between an prisoner and guard.

The NPRA has introduced improvements, such that new admits are checked by a medic and given food.

Prisoners are glad that they are not locked in and can move through the corridor. One prisoner has an infection and needs further treatment.

Window screens in Block 10 are broken, leading to mosquitos in the cell block. Guards are friendly, and Gilbert notes that this is the first time he hasn't seen drug use among the prisoners.

There is an incident in which a guard trainee and a prisoner are yelling at each other. Otherwise, Cross details requests for medication and delays in its delivery.

A prisoner asks Cross to pass a cup of "home brew" to another cell; when Cross refuses, the prisoner is a bit upset. There is another incident in which a jar of fluid was found in a shower. Cross also observers a prisoner shooting up drugs.

Guards tend to unlock cells "when they got around to it."

Franz relays details about his shift, particularly a situation in which a prisoner who has previously stabbed others is returned to 10 Block. He identifies this as a potential source of "hassles" and recommends that future observers be made aware of…