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Prisoners are happy with the current situation in which guards have minimal if any contact with them. However, there is a feeling that people are waiting for the prisoners to "screw up" so that there can be another lockdown and police presence.
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Shops are being run very well. However, maximum security is rather dirty.
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The night was quiet and uneventful.
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Observer describes a "quiet night" on his shift. There is only one guard and a cadet.
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Casey records the other observers' notes, including those regarding a fight in the prison. Things are calm within the prison itself.
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The executive board of the NPRA was looking for men from the Boston Globe.
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Food and conditions in 10 Block were poor.
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Observer describes prisoner hostility towards guards and suspicion towards observers that are suspected to have been hired by Burke.
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Haskell tracks the movement of the trainee and regular guards. One prisoner requests that Haskell help him ask the medic for sleeping medication.
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Prisoners are doing well and handling food, the laundry, and cleaning in an organized fashion; they also exhibit a strong sense of solidarity They are apprehensive about the guards' return.
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The hospital and very understaffed and under-resourced. Meals and counts proceed well. Guard presence is low, and prisoners have a strong sense of solidarity.
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Prisoners complain that there are few visits from medics.
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Prisoners complain that there are few visits from medics.
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There is little interaction between prisoners and guards compared to Kaplan's last visit.
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Welch speaks with a prisoner, who mentions the recent suicide but knows little about it. He also visits the laundry and observes the work there.
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Prisoners are apprehensive for the guards' return.
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Not much of note occurred. Block 10 is cold and drafty.
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Atmosphere is tense, and cells are dingy. Prisoner complaints include a lack of medical care, outside activity, exercise, etc.
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Remes talks with a prisoner about a drug treatment and education program that is being set up.
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Welch found the cadets to be young, Black, and very aware of the "dynamics of prison life," and the prisoners to be very welcoming. He notes that in contrast to the newspaper reports, the prisoners don't hold grudges against those who didn't return…
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