Browse Items · Walpole 1973 NPRA Digital Archive

Observer Report (Philip McGrail) May 8, 1973 - Handwritten

McGrail overhears conversation about drugs.

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Observer Report (Jerry Spafford) May 9, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners discuss getting off drugs. Another prisoner would like to be transferred.

Observer Report (Ed DeAntoni) April 29, 1973 - Handwritten

DeAntoni spends the night with two guards and comments on the poor conduct of one of them, stating that he "should never be allowed to become a corrections officer."

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Note from Frank Kelly

Kelly notes that Ed DeAntoni will be a regular observer.

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Observer Report (Paul Baker) April 10, 1973 - Handwritten

Baker provides a list of suggestions for the observer program.

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Observer Report (John Pakins) May 8, 1973 - Handwritten

Quiet shift

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Observer Report (Nathaniel Mayes) May 10, 1973 - Handwritten

The prisoners support each other in a way that supports freedom of movement.

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Observer Report (Gary B. Rundle) May 10, 1973 - Handwritten

Guards in 10 Block announce that men can only come out of cells one at a time, which people did not want to do.

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Observer Report (Thomas L. Cretella) May 11, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners have good morale, but would like to fill their idle time.

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Observer Report (Bruce M. Tegue) May 11, 1973 - Handwritten

Things are quiet.

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Observer Report (Leonard A. Durant) May 5, 1973 - Handwritten

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

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Observer Report (James R. Howard) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Howard speaks with prisoners about their lives in prison; one has just had an operation and needs painkillers.

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Observer Report (Arnold T. Marcus) May 7, 1973 - Handwritten

The atmosphere is calm.

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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 (Rich Knapp) May 8, 1973 - Handwritten

Knapp records the events of count.

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Observer Report (Frank Kelly) May 13, 1973 - Handwritten

A man with injuries has been given medication. Another prisoner notifies Kelly that someone on Inside Control has been harassing visitors.

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Observer Report (Michael Winston) May 4, 1973 - Handwritten

Winston expresses concerns about the guards, such as their ineffectiveness and stealing from prisoners. Prisoners complain of boredom and idleness. Prisoner murders have dropped from five last year to zero.

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