Observer Report (Brother William Linakis, Albert Bigelow) May 1, 1973 - Typed
subject: Avocation
subject: Working Conditions
subject: Medical Care
subject: Race
subject: Drugs
subject: Prisoner Behavior
description: 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.
creator: Linakis, Brother William
creator: Bigelow, Albert
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-05-01
contributor: E Rodman Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Paul Lindetrom) May 31, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Guard/Prisoner Interactions
subject: Guard Behavior
description: The prison is tense, as the rules and regulations regarding guards and prisoners are in flux. Prisoners are not allowed in cell blocks until the necessary calls were made; even then, prisoners were not allowed in cells.
creator: Lindetrom, Paul
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-05-31
contributor: E Rodman Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Margot Lindsay, Julia Kaufmann) April 2, 1973 - Typed
subject: Guards
description: Guards and prisoners pass through.
creator: Lindsay, Margot
creator: Kaufmann, Julia
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-02
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Paul Lindstrom) April 2, 1973 - Typed
subject: Guard/Prisoner Interactions
description: Guard was respectful to prisoners. Lindstrom asks one prisoner about a piece of contraband that was given publicity in the news after a shakedown.
creator: Lindstrom, Paul
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-02
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Malcolm Lloyd) April 10, 1973 - Typed
subject: Conditions
subject: Avocation
description: Prisoners complained of packages being held up. Moreover, they need somewhere to sell the goods they make in avocation, and the gym floor is only half usable.
creator: Lloyd, Malcolm
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-03-31
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Malcolm Lloyd) April 28, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Avocation
subject: Prisoner Behavior
description: A prisoner asks for the heat to be turned down. Moreover, prisoners are frustrated over the furlough program. Lloyd expresses that the shops need a better artist to make the work salable.
creator: Lloyd, Malcolm
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-28
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (George Longo) May 6, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Medical Care
subject: Guard Behavior
description: Prisoner suspects that guards stole the medication.
creator: Longo, George
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-05-06
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 9, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Observer Concerns
description: Citizen observer describes communications between citizen observers and shift coordinators. He describes an incident.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-09
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) March 26, 1973 - Typed
subject: Observer Report
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-03-26
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) March 26, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Avocation
subject: Guard Behavior
subject: Visitation
subject: Press
description: New guards are upset with the behavior of old guards, and are trying their best. Lowenfels is upset about the lack of searches after visits, and people are generally dissatisfied with the news reporting.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-03-26
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 9, 1973 - Typed
subject: Observer Concerns
description: Citizen observer describes communications between citizen observers and shift coordinators. He describes an incident.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-09
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 2, 1973 - Typed
subject: Guard/Prisoner Interactions
subject: Miscellaneous Prisoner Concerns
subject: Mental Health
subject: Medical Care
description: Prisoners believe that an unlocked door to the yard is a set-up/trap. Moreover, they are angry that observers are not making "corrective reports" to refute misinformation in the press. One prisoner became potentially suicidal and was brought to the infirmary.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-02
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 2, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Guard/Prisoner Interactions
subject: Miscellaneous Prisoner Concerns
subject: Mental Health
subject: Medical Care
description: Prisoners believe that an unlocked door to the yard is a set-up/trap. Moreover, they are angry that observers are not making "corrective reports" to refute misinformation in the press. One prisoner became potentially suicidal and was brought to the infirmary.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-02
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Guard Behavior
subject: Meals
subject: Observer Concerns
description: One guard is taken outside due to bringing in a contraband tape recorder. Observers are forced to sign releases, which have no force of law.
creator: Lowenfels, Jeff
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-30
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (David Luicke) April 13, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Guard Behavior
description: Things are quiet.
creator: Luicke, David
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-13
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report

MA Law Reform Institute Board Agenda
subject: MA Law Reform Institute Board Agenda
creator: MA Law Reform Institute
date: March 1975
type: Board Report

MA Law Reform Institute Memo
subject: MA Law Reform Institute Memo
creator: MA Law Reform Institute
date: March 1975
type: Memo

MA Law Reform Institute Memo
subject: MA Law Reform Institute Memo
creator: MA Law Reform Institute
date: 1975-03
type: Memo

Observer Report (Brian Maas) March 26 , 1973 - Typed
creator: Maas, Brain
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-03-26
type: Observer Report

Observer Report (Robert F. MacCeod) April 18, 1973 - Handwritten
subject: Prisoner Behavior
subject: NPRA
subject: Press
subject: Guard Behavior
description: The executive board of the NPRA was looking for men from the Boston Globe.
creator: MacCeod, Robert F.
source: Ad Hoc Committee
date: 1973-04-18
contributor: P Ryan Files
type: Observer Report