Browse Items · Walpole 1973 NPRA Digital Archive

Observer Report (David Martin) April 21, 1973 - Handwritten

A guard is angry about their loss of control.

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Observer Report (David McGaw) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

Walpole is short on Talwin and is trying to borrow from Norfolk.,

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Observer Report (Denis Graffum) April 20, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners have a high degree of control over Walpole, and morale and unity are high. There are no guards in the cell block, but one prisoner reports that a guard in the control box threatened him.

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Observer Report (Don R. Hecker) April 21, 1973 - Handwritten

Some prisoners request and receive medication.

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Observer Report (Ed McCarthy) April 26, 1973 - Handwritten

A quiet night.

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Observer Report (Ed Wallace) April 22, 1973 - Handwritten

The heat is high, and prisoners complain of guards in cell blocks.

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Observer Report (Edward Cosco) April 27, 1973 - Handwritten

Most of the prisoners accept their situation. One, who has a 30-40 year sentence, explains that he didn't try to better himself because he didn't think he'd have a chance. The prisoners spoke of their lawyers and how they wanted the men to plead…

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Observer Report (Eric Grey) April 26, 1973 - Handwritten

Most prisoners were in the auditorium at a CARCAP event. The prison as a whole is in poor condition.

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Observer Report (Ernest B. Moore, Sr.) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Guards and prisoners both get along with Moore, and prison conditions are decent. One prisoner requests pain pills that were promised to him hours ago.,

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Observer Report (Ernie Moore) April 21, 1973 - Handwritten

Guards in 6 Block ask observers to leave during count.

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Observer Report (Fairlie Dalton, Margaret M. Fitzpatrick) April 20, 1973 - Handwritten

Dalton and Fitzpatrick list the comings and goings of observers.

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Observer Report (Frank Kelly) April 22, 1973 - Handwritten

A guard asks Kelly to let the men sleep. It's a quiet night.

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Observer Report (Gordon Furbush) May 1, 1973 - Handwritten

Medicine disbursal is slow, and the hospital is understaffed. Furbush worries of a "bloodbath and a lot of guards killed" if the Public Safety Department takes over at Walpole.

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