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Dottin attends a BANTU meeting at which they discuss potential programs for rehabilitation.

There are no guards outside the guard's central station. The guard trainee gets along well with prisoners.

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.

Notices that prisoners engage in "mock violence and posturing"

A prisoner has not received his insulin, which seems to be a consistent problem; the system for medicine disbursal is also inefficient. Butler also visits the vocation shops, where he notes the poor ventilation and the risk of resulting illness. He…

An old guard yells at trainees for trying to leave.

A prisoner who is a heart patient has not received his medication nightly for a week. An old guard yells at trainees for trying to leave.

Prisoners are alright with the cadets, but hate the old guards. Prisoners are welcoming to observers, whereas guards dislike them and are uncooperative. While prisoners stick with their own racial groups, there is no hostility between them.

Some prisoners request and receive medication.

There is racial separation among the prisoners. One prisoner complained that his property was taken during a shakedown, but guards would not give him a receipt for this.

Describes meal time and attitudes of prisoners toward guards returning

Driscoll is locked into one spot in Block 10. A prisoner has broken a light in Block 9.

Guards and prisoners were friendly to both each other and the observers. There was some confusion regarding the disbursement of medication.

Guards and prisoners were friendly to both each other and the observers. There was some confusion regarding the disbursement of medication.

Two Black trainee guards have been held back and attribute it to racial harassment. Prisoners feel positive about the future, though one feels that his application to be sent to a forester camp has not been heard. Another prisoner is on the…

The prisoners are running Walpole well, but the guards are to return soon, which will test the effectiveness of their program.