Browse Items · Walpole 1973 NPRA Digital Archive

Observer Report (Bill Bloom) April 20, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners were apprehensive about guards when returning from schools; one guard was quite friendly.

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Observer Report (Bill ?) May 1, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners are doing well, and guard harassment is at a minimum. The prisoners are looking forward to making a wage through business.

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Observer Report (Bernard Zimmermann) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Some prisoners are apprehensive of an imminent shakedown. Still, they have the prison under control and are doing well at organizing programming.

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Observer Report (Ben Volinski) April 17, 1973 - Typed

A prisoner is quite ill and diagnosed with a gallbladder problem. NPRA representatives arrived later, but didn't do much to help.

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Observer Report (Barry Richardson) April 21, 1973 - Handwritten

Richardson notes that prisoners have little to do, and that there are few books in the school.

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Observer Report (Barry Brodoky) May 5, 1973 - Handwritten

One prisoner had a seizure and was taken to the hospital; two others were unable to find keys they needed.

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Observer Report (Bailey, Jeff) May 4, 1973 - Handwritten

There is an incident where some prisoners got drunk and couldn't get into their cells. One prisoner requested a cigarette, which Bailey refused, but the prisoner was not upset.

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Observer Report (Ashley Eames, Albert Bigelow) May 4, 1973 - Typed

The observers record subjects such the presence of a reporter.

Observer Report (Ash Eames) June 29, 1973 - Typed

There is unrest in the prison, and one observer is thrown out due to being reported for talking. Eames records the actions of several other observers as the shift progresses.

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Observer Report (Ash Eames) April 6, 1973 - Typed

Poor cleanliness and conditions (jagged glass in window, sink and toilet bowl destroyed, etc) throughout several cell blocks.

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Observer Report (Ash Eames) April 20, 1973 - Handwritten

Seven observers do not show up for their shift. However, prisoners are very relaxed, and the cells in the maximum section are unprecedentedly clean.

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Observer Report (Artie Johnson) March 27, 1973 - Typed

An prisoner requests for Johnson to return a package to Boston, but the guard in control refuses to give it to him.

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Observer Report (Artie Johnson) April 14, 1973 - Handwritten

One prisoner did not receive his insulin shot, which he says is a common occurrence. He complains to a guard, who explains that the medic is on the way.

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Observer Report (Arthur Kinkaldy, John Callahan) April 5, 1973 - Typed

Reports of poor medication disbursement

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Observer Report (Arthur Kalemeis) April 11, 1973 - Handwritten

Several prisoners are remaining in their cells, though the doors are open; they report that being in the cell is more bearable than going to the "kennel"-like outside area.

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