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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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Cells in Blocks 3 and 7 are tidy. However, the gym floor is torn up, there are no pool tables/card tables/ping-pong tables, and the walls outside the cells need cleaning.
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Notices that prisoners engage in "mock violence and posturing"
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Notes that the number of guards could be reduced, since prisoners are effective at organizing themselves. Additionally, observes that drug addicts should be treated at a separate facility and conjectures that guards might be smuggling drugs into the…
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Prisoners complain of guard treatment; guards notably tense and hostile
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Hendon notes the poor conditions in maximum security, as well as the "garbage" served to prisoners for dinner
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A Black prisoner reports that white prisoners receive stronger medication. Another prisoner was supposed to go to a hospital for an operation, but his trip was delayed.
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Poor cleanliness and conditions (jagged glass in window, sink and toilet bowl destroyed, etc) throughout several cell blocks.
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A guard wishes for a "pass system" so guards can keep track of prisoners. An prisoner in 10 Block reports that two officers recently beat him up.
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Prisoners complain about working conditions in the kitchen. Overall, Dolan observes a sense of unity among prisoners and is confident that there won't be trouble as long as the prisoners are responsible for themselves.
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Both prisoners and guards are enthusiastic about the observer program. Guards express complaints over administration.
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Prisoners feel that the observer presence is minimizing harassment from guards. Moreover, cells are unclean, with broken windows and loose wires.
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Guards walking around with sticks and turning off the heat ventilators
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Decrease in guard violence now that observers are present
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Guards (trainees/cadets) exhibiting a good relationship with prisoners. While the maximum security blocks were unkempt, the minimum security blocks were quite clean.
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Reports prisoners' concern over another shakedown and the possibility that Commissioner Boone may be replaced by someone less fair. Guards are cooperative.
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Observed mess hall and auditorium of cell block #3, noting the inadequacy of the school facilities. Prisoners complained about this, as well as of the lack of facilities at which to learn a trade, and the need for a drug rehabilitation program.
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Observing and conversing with guards about prisoners
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Prisoners have medical problems and struggle to get the proper treatment
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Citizen observer describes issues with medical distribution and growing distrust of citizen observers from prisoners.