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Prisoners would like for cadet guards to be assigned to minimum security.

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Prisoners would like for cadet guards to be assigned to minimum security.

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Prisoners hold the attitude that while the younger guards are fair to them, the older guards have a history of corrupting them. Educational resources are poor.

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

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Guard claims that if those in charge are concerned about prison reform, they should properly pay the prisoners working in the kitchen. Separately, a prisoner is waiting to see a doctor about an ear infection.

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Police begin leaving the grounds without entering the prison. Waitkevitch says that the prisoners refused to return to their cells after breakfast, which had not been asked of them. Guards do not accept the man sent to replace Waitkevitch.

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Observer Report from April 21, 1973; Shift 11pm-7am; Maximum blocks. Murphy describes a violent incident a diabetic prisoner underwent at a different prison the year prior.

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Delivery of medication and food occurred smoothly. There was word of a bomb in Block 10, but this was said to be a joke.

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Prisoners are apprehensive about guards returning.

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The shift was orderly, and medicine was disbursed smoothly.

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Prisoners express that value of having no guards in cell blocks.

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Things are quiet, and guards are cooperative. A special count occurs in the morning in which an NPRA representative is let out in each block to accompany guards.

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Guards check rooms. Later, guards won't open hospital doors to serve breakfast.

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Both prisoners and guards are enthusiastic about the observer program. Guards express complaints over administration.

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Mordan describes how a guard locked the door at 2:15 and unlocked it at 5:00.

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There are delays in medication disbursal. Two prisoners are taking furniture from a lounge and putting it in their rooms.

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Morale is good, and guards and inmates get along. Security is tight.

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Morale is good, and guards and inmates get along. Security is tight.

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Some prisoners express concern that some of the recent transfers could be dangerous to others. One prisoner had stabbed himself and was transferred to 10 block.

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