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Prisoners are self-disciplined and relaxed.

Guards, trainees, and supervisors argue over shift changes. Someone else complains about the lack of guards. An inmate expresses a desire for more opportunities to exercise and notes the lack of a drug program at Walpole.

Both Black and white prisoners are getting along. However, there is confusion among guards regarding the distribution of medication. Strouse asserts that things would be better if there were more trainees and fewer hostile guards.

Prisoners had recently staged a hunger strike due to the re-entry to a specific guard.

Strouse hears a story from a guard of a group of prisoners raping an observer, but this claim is doubted by everyone else; prisoners suggest that it may have been made up to intimidate observers.

The prison makes prisoners dependent on medications, then withholds them as a means of control.

Observers record concerns regarding parole, segregation, and drunkenness.

Newspaper article describing how prisoners' request to meet with Hall was rejected

The barber has not been paid since December, and prisoners with Talwin prescriptions were given Zacaryn instead.

Prisoners have happy to be running the prison, and things are smooth.

Observer describes barriers to "ex-cons" visiting prisoners and serving as observers.

Citizen observers describe an incident where another citizen observer arrived late and entered with his wallet. They also observed a distressed visitor whose wife was not notified of her permission slip to receive a package.

Prisoners discuss getting off drugs. Another prisoner would like to be transferred.