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Guards do not listen to prisoner requests. For Branch, the guards appeared hostile to him personally.
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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.
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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.
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One prisoner in block 10 was transferred with only one hour of prior notice. Moreover, breakfast was delayed, causing tension between prisoners and guards.
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Conditions are the same as before. Two prisoners complain that transportation won't take them to Norfolk, where they are supposed to undergo medical treatment.
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Guards are quite friendly.
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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.
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Rooms in both minimum and maximum security blocks are small, there was a bad smell in some areas, and the showers contained garbage. One prisoner suspects guards of smuggling in drugs.
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Rooms in both minimum and maximum security blocks are small, there was a bad smell in some areas, and the showers contained garbage. One prisoner suspects guards of smuggling in drugs.
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Guards and prisoners were friendly to both each other and the observers. There was some confusion regarding the disbursement of medication.
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Guards and prisoners were friendly to both each other and the observers. There was some confusion regarding the disbursement of medication.
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Prisoners believe that an unlocked door to the yard is a set-up/trap. Moreover, they are angry that observers are not making "corrective reports" to refute misinformation in the press. One prisoner became potentially suicidal and was brought to the…
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Prisoners believe that an unlocked door to the yard is a set-up/trap. Moreover, they are angry that observers are not making "corrective reports" to refute misinformation in the press. One prisoner became potentially suicidal and was brought to the…
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While the prison is relaxed on the surface, there is underlying anxiety for both the prisoners and the guards. Recently, a "dangerous situation" occurred, in addition to prisoners being drugged. Bigelow asserts that several major decisions must be…
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Guards and prisoners get along alright. Some light fixtures are out, and there is garbage on the floor and food stains on teh walls.
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Namecalling on a prisoner's part against a guard who had spoken about him behind his back
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Officer trainees are well-liked, but regular guards are detested. A major complaint on the part of the prisoners is that observers have not been consistently refuting misinformation spread by the press.
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Homons notes a lack of chairs and tables, as well as inconsistent lighting in the maximum security blocks.
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Guards were withheld from duty for an unknown reason. Several inmates reported unlocked doors that they believed were a trap to set up an "escape".
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One prisoner notes that the doors leading outside were not closed until 8:30 pm. He suspects that this is intentional, to cause an "escape" or other incident.
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