Browse Items (1270 total)

Observer describes barriers to "ex-cons" visiting prisoners and serving as observers.

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…

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

Discussed the reestablishment of the library.

Prisoners request the reinstatement of the library, as well as the start of a vocational program.

Citizen observer describes concerns of prisoners in maximum security and 40 blown fuses that went unfixed.

Prisoners complain of delays in medication

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

The observer spoke with prisoners, ultimately coming to the conclusion that the reason they struggle to return to society is that they aren't prepared for outside life and are not treated like humans.

There was a three day hunger strike because a guard who Boone previously restricted, and who ended visiting rights and physically harassed prisoners has returned. McBride gives some details on what specific prisoners are doing or thinking.

There were no incidents, and guards and prisoners are getting along.

One guard was harassing a prisoner about his brother getting fifteen additional years. There are further tensions between guards.

Hill reports on an prisoner who was in a halfway house for alcoholics. Additionally, prisoners in Walpole weren't returning to their cells on time due to delays with medication.

Meyer is told that two police officers entered the prisoner undercover as observers.

Meyer is told that two police officers entered the prisoner undercover as observers.

Citizen observer describes the joy and pride prisoners have in running the prison well. He noted their appreciation for citizen observers, specifically Black observers.

There was one incident in which a prison was found unconscious in his cell due to epilepsy.