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The atmosphere is calmer than it was a few days ago.
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Boardman visits the hospital, where he sees a stabbing victim and Bobby Delello. He also visits the shops and notes how there are now private jobbing contracts that provide vocational skills for the outside.
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Prisoners have a strong sense of unity, though guards often harass them psychologically.
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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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Morale is high.
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The observer considers the reasons for the police raid and how it could have been stopped.
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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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Waitkovitch distributes a flyer announcing a lock-in and shakedown starting Monday morning, to which prisoners object. Some break glass and barricade cell block doors; a reporter from The Herald American alleges $2 million in damages done in maximum.…
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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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An observer relays a message from a prisoner detailing the lack of medical attention for his broken bones. He'd like to meet with someone, potentially a prisoners' rights lawyer.
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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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Prisoners are mainly concerned about an imminent shakedown. Boardman also notes the poor observer turnout and the pile of observer reports left on a table.
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Pickard was surprised to see that the atmosphere was rather "orderly," rather than "rebellious."
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A prisoner tells Perlmutter about his parole being approved, but then his release was delayed for a week without reason; he attributes this to harassment. There are also rumors of an imminent shakedown.
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The Record American and Herald American are sending in reporters. Boardman also reports on his tour of the shops.
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There are rumors of tear gas shells, guards returning, and Boone leaving.
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This clipping discusses prisoners' fears of psychosurgery as a means of behavior modification, such as becoming a "vegetable".
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State policemen entered Walpole to stop a prisoner uprising.
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