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The Walpole Lifers' Group discusses the status of being a Lifer, as well as a report published by Massachusetts citizens calling for changes in sentencing procedures.

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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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This article focuses on the failure of the MA government to implement prison reform measures.

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This article discusses a press conference in which Gov. Francis Sargent expressed support for John Boone in the midst of controversy surrounding Walpole.

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This article details a plan by Boone to appoint a 4-person team to lead Walpole, right before he was fired by Gov. Sargent.

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Newspaper article detailing prisoners' request to meet with Hall.

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This newspaper article talks about cadet guards and their perspectives on their job in the prison.

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State policemen entered Walpole to stop a prisoner uprising.

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Prisoners protested Superintendent Waitkevich's statement that he would withdraw recognition of the NPRA.

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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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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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In this memo, a citizen observer named Tony Winsor asks Ed Rodman, Lou Brin, and Phyllis Ryan if the media is aware that the mess at Walpole after the state police shakedown was principally caused by the police themselves rather than the prisoners.

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This article details continued conflict and controversy in Walpole during the summer of 1973, after the firing of John Boone.

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Newspaper article about Hostage Situation at Walpole M.C.I.

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This clipping from The Globe discusses an incident where a guard was punched by a prisoner.

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A lockdown began on Saturday and is intended to continue until debris from the uprising is cleaned and a shakedown is done. During the uprising, three prisoners were wounded by shotgun pellets from officers, and another by a pitchfork from a…

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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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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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Tickell notes who has come to observe and visit. A photographer arrives to take pictures of the prison.

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This article discusses methods of behavior modification used in prisons and criticisms against them.

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