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The article discusses a program of deinstitutionalization, which it identifies as "the only path to relative peace" at Walpole.
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The mid-February, 1974 issue of the outlook. It includes articles about drug addiction, the Curran report on behavior modification, and psychosurgery.
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Six members of the Prison Health Project quit due to the project's failure to address major problems like implementing prisoner input and standards for housing, sanitation, and nutrition.
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This draft discusses the historical racism in prisons and its implications for a regional prison.
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A behavior modification program known as START has been dismantled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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A January, 1974 issue of NEPA. It includes an update about a strike at Walpole.
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A January, 1974 issue of NEPA News. Its articles discuss subjects like advocacy, rhetoric in another news story surrounding the Manchester Union Leader, and personal stories from ex-prisoners.
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This document lists facts to be reviewed for a press release regarding behavior modification.
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This article discusses methods of behavior modification used in prisons and criticisms against them.
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A doctor has come under criticism due to his desire to use prisoners in medical experiments, a proposal identified by some as a denial of human rights.
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There is a lot of controversy regarding a report by Professor William Curran, focusing on violations of prisoner privacy, proposed treatments using behavior modification, the legality of transferring prisoners out of state, etc.
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Furbush notes that medical supplies are not damaged, as newspapers would have one believe. He stresses the importance of a continued observer presence, as the guards seem to be waiting for the chance to enact violence.
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Welch found the cadets to be young, Black, and very aware of the "dynamics of prison life," and the prisoners to be very welcoming. He notes that in contrast to the newspaper reports, the prisoners don't hold grudges against those who didn't return…
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Prisoners feel that there will be a lock-up and shakedown soon. They respect the cadets and feel hopeful about them; they similarly believe in the observer program's importance to the takeover's success.
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There has been an incident of drug theft, but there is a question about whether guards or prisoners did it.
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Tickell notes who has come to observe and visit. A photographer arrives to take pictures of the prison.
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This newspaper article discusses the rebellion at Walpole in response to Waitkevitch's memo and the prisoners' demands.
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Prisoners protested Superintendent Waitkevich's statement that he would withdraw recognition of the NPRA.
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The article describes the prisoners' uprising and damages done, as well as the entrance of state troopers into the prison. Four prisoners were injured, three from correction officers' shotguns.
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The letter relates that observer Dave Collins says several prisoners asked him why Bob Murray was speaking ill of a prisoner identified with the NPRA, which could lead to issues. Bob has also been Xeroxing his reports for the sake of giving them to…
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