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Arnold Coles offers a spot on the NPRA external board to Moselle Bohannon.

Coles writes to Moselle Bohannon about her offer of an answering service for the NPRA.

Horowitz asks for clarification regarding the status of the NPRA as a prisoners' union. There is an additional handwritten letter from Charlie Forter to Arnold E. Cole about legal advice

Gabel and Green, Co-Directors of the Moving-On Committee, thank Coles, a member of the NPRA, for attending the committee's most recent meeting and asks for his help in the project.

The letter announces that the NPRA Massachusetts Chapter has become an official organization. Additionally, annual elections are coming up.

The letter mentions that enclosed are meeting minutes and NPRA memberships.

Letter from Arnold E. Coles (NPRA External Board member) to Mike Pralle (member of the Phillips Brooks House Prison Committee) requesting assistance from the P.B.H. Prison Committee.

Arnold Coles offers a spot on the NPRA external board to Lawrence Shubow.

Arnold E. Coles declines an invitation to participate in April 28, 1976 Forum at MCI Walpole.

This letter from an unnamed prisoner to someone named Johanna details the situation at Walpole during the lock-up.

Letter and minutes of Board Meeting for Families and Friends of Prisoners, Inc.

Materials from a correspondence between Williams and Kerrigan regarding a series of panel discussions.

This address by "Tiny" Dirring focuses on the efforts of the NPRA to negotiate with the prison administration.

Projected programs and rationale working draft for Families and Friends of Prisoners, Inc., fiscal year 1975-1976, presented to board of directors

A list of contacts for JR Kelly curated on March 25th, 1973

Observer report from April 22, 1973; shift 11-7; Maximum blocks. Sandler describes an incident between an prisoner and an officer following the return of officers to the prison.

A typed observer report written by Jonathan Poude on March 23rd, 1973. Poude was a student at Harvard, living in Dunster House.

A handwritten observer report written by Jonathan Poude on March 23rd, 1973. Poude was a student at Harvard, living in Dunster House.

This oral history interview features, John Osler, a public defense lawyer based in Massachusetts, who participated in the observer program in Walpole in 1973. Osler was dedicated to the program as a core volunteer, and wrote detailed, extensive, and…