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Prisoners yell at the guards after cells are opened, but overall prisoner morale is good.

Prisoners yell at the guards after cells are opened, but overall prisoner morale is good.

Observers suggest giving the prisoners responsibility over themselves and repairing the gym floor.

There was an incident in which another prisoner hit another with a wooden object.

Prisoners are resentful toward guards and feel that the administration overstresses punishment rather than seeing the prisoners as humans. They also complain of a lack of a proper rehabilitation program, and one prisoner recounts how guards would…

A diabetic prisoner has not received his insulin on time.

Prisoners are happy about the observer program. One prisoner, after being refused something, punched out a window.

Prisoners working in the shops are aware that Holmes is watching for drug use.

Prisoners are happy that guards aren't walking the cell blocks.

Tensions have increased since Platt's last visit.

Prisoners complained of packages being held up. Moreover, they need somewhere to sell the goods they make in avocation, and the gym floor is only half usable.

A prisoner asks for the heat to be turned down. Moreover, prisoners are frustrated over the furlough program. Lloyd expresses that the shops need a better artist to make the work salable.

Medication disbursement and mealtime went smoothly. There is little interaction between guards and prisoners; the one time a prisoner asked a guard for more medication, he was "put off."

One prisoner is being treated for an infected ear. Another inmate has been stabbed eleven times by three guards.

Guards and prisoners pass through.

Prisoners engage well with the observers. They tell Foley that drugs most likely enter via guards. Moreover, Foley observes a lack of recreational or educational facilities.