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The kitchen has a "loose control system" and suffers from poor inventory management. Moreover, cadets and prisoners alike have complaints about a certain cadet.

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Prisoners are running Walpole well. However, there are some plumbing problems caused during the lock-up that have not been repaired. A guard shows Poirier a sharpened file that he claims to have taken from a prisoner; Poirier is unsure of whether the…

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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.

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The observers relay situations such as a cadet being suspended, a hunger strike by the prisoners, and prisoner complaints about the furlough policy.

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Someone has arranged for the inside coordinator to see a specific prisoner each shift, about which Waitkevich will put out a memo.

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Guards have some concerns over the policy of changing observers multiple times during a shift, which DeGelleke find to be reasonable and relays. DeGelleke also reports on an argument between observer Paul Baker and a guard.

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Baker voices his disagreements regarding a policy on a specific prisoner. He also recounts an interaction with a guard who has been repeatedly harassing him.

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There was an incident in the infirmary that was handled well by members of the NPRA, who made sure prisoners got the correct dosage of medication.

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Prisoners have requested that observers be stationed in the kitchen.

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The kitchen has a "loose control system" and suffers from poor inventory management. Moreover, cadets and prisoners alike have complaints about a certain cadet.

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Murphy criticizes the search and frisking procedure upon entering the prison.

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Nickerson goes through the avocation area.

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Dunn writes about a prisoner who is in the hospital for various injuries.

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The observers report on various situations such as a hunger strike against specific officers, an issue with the Public Safety Department, and the lack of toothbrushes for new admits.

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Prisoners are running Walpole well. However, there are some plumbing problems caused during the lock-up that have not been repaired.

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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.

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Baker writes on a specific guard (Charlie Rose), who he identifies as constantly "testing" him and trying to undermine the observers' procedures to weaken their project. Baker makes recommendations to the Ad Hoc Committee regarding observer shift…

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Winston writes to Reverend Rodman following his observer shift, expressing his interest in knowing what happens to the reports.

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Albert Bigelow reports on an uncooperative observer, and Eames mentions that there are very few armbands remaining.

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Rosenberg notes the specific and complex dynamics between prisoners, guards, and observers. The report ends with a list of statements from prisoners that expresses their positive stance toward the observer program, distain for the old guards, and…

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