Observer Report (Brother William Linakis, Albert Bigelow) May 1, 1973 - Typed
Prisoners are concerned about the lack of workers in the kitchen. Bigelow has a conversation with a Black prisoner about the use of Talwin in the prison as a personality-changing drug and tranquilizer.
Observer Report (Brother William Linakis) April 11, 1973 - Handwritten
There is an incident in which a prisoner is "tearing up" his cell. Private due to names.
Observer Report (Brother William Linakis) April 14, 1973 - Handwritten
Observer describes his overnight shift and discloses a request communicated to him by an prisoner.
Observer Report (Bruce B) April 19, 1973 - Handwritten
The observer walked through both minimum and maximum. The prisoners were doing various activities in their cells, and the one guard in minimum was friendly.
Observer Report (Bruce Bayne) April 26, 1973 - Handwritten
Bayne warns of the risk that the observer program can lose credibility if prisoners are punished for things told in confidence to observers. He urges for observers to respect prisoners' privacy, be sensitive to the prisoners' situation when talking, and stress the neutrality of observers (i.e. also build a relationship with guards).
Observer Report (Bruce Bayne) April 26, 1973 - Typed
Observer Report (Bruce Gordon) May 45 1973 - Handwritten
There is a lack of evening medicine. Many prisoners stayed out of their cells late at night.
Observer Report (Bruce M. Tegue) May 11, 1973 - Handwritten
Observer Report (Bruce Stephenson) March 26 , 1973 - Typed
Observer Report (Bruce Teague) April 18, 1973 - Handwritten
Teague notes the lack of a prison library.
Observer Report (Bruce Teague) April 18, 1973 - Typed
Observer Report (C. Birnbaum) April 1, 1973 - Typed
Prisoners expect a shakedown when the guards re-enter. Moreover, they threaten "trouble" against the guards who had previously harassed them.
Observer Report (C. Buntschuh, Steven Tipton) April 1, 1973 - Typed
Not much to report. Spoke briefly with prisoners.
Observer Report (C. Murphy) May 7, 1973 - Handwritten
The shift was orderly, and medicine was disbursed smoothly.
Observer Report (C. P.) April 4, 1973 - Handwritten
Prisoners had no serious complaints, and things were generally quiet.
Observer Report (Carl Reavey) April 24, 1973 - Handwritten
Prisoners are running Walpole well. Reavey is especially impressed with the work of BANTU.
Observer Report (Carol Fletcher) April 7, 1973 - Handwritten
Fletcher records the comings and goings of prisoners and guards
Observer Report (Charles A. Kropilnicki) May 4, 1973 - Handwritten
There had previously been an incident with a knife that was about personal beef rather than racial tensions.
Observer Report (Charles Birnbaum) April, 1973 - Typed
A prisoner received a letter about a deceased family member, but guards refused to let him call his family.
Observer Report (Charles Dubs ) March 25 , 1973 - typed