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There was an incident in which a prisoner was given an overdose of pills, likely to incite a flare-up.

The first floor is especially cold, and the window latches are broken.

Prisoners complain of late medication and visitors being kept waiting. One prisoner requests to see a doctor due to a rib injury, but by 2 pm the doctor had not arrived. In general, prisoners are mistrustful of one guard, but get along well with the…

Guards are quite friendly.

Guards took evening count. Someone called the desk and complains about an observer. Later, an inmate cut their foot, and a medic was called for.

Observing and conversing with guards about prisoners

The men doing leatherwork and leatherwork and doing well. A cadet guard was getting along well with prisoners, and there were no regular guards.

Prisoners are happy about the observers' presence and feel that observers are a channel through which to convey their complaints. One such complaint is the prisoners' resentment over past shakedowns from the guards.

Olson records guard and observer movement. Prisoners mention another prisoner who recently died of suicide; they feel that the administration should have intervened in some way.

There is a fight between a prisoner and a guard; the prisoner was restrained by other prisoners and brought to his cell.

Ohmart worries that the observers will come to be seen as authority figures, undermining the program as a whole.

One prisoner is taken out on a stretcher during count, an event that the prisoner taking count said would have taken an hour if the guards were present. Similarly, prisoners express that aspects of daily life like jobs, mail, meals, etc run much more…

A behavior modification program known as START has been dismantled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Discussion on ethics of behavior modification after government suspends use of federal money for behavior modification programs.

Article describing government ban on use of federal money for behavior modification

These are reports from a day when Boone and other officials gave speeches to the prisoners and promised their concerns would be alleviated when the next super intendent joined.

The atmosphere is calm, and prisoners are getting along with the non-officer correctional personnel.

O'Rourke spoke with prisoners, many of whom had letters that wanted to deliver.