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State policemen entered Walpole to stop a prisoner uprising.

Prisoners protested Superintendent Waitkevich's statement that he would withdraw recognition of the NPRA.

There is a lot of controversy regarding a report by Professor William Curran, focusing on violations of prisoner privacy, proposed treatments using behavior modification, the legality of transferring prisoners out of state, etc.

Six members of the Prison Health Project quit due to the project's failure to address major problems like implementing prisoner input and standards for housing, sanitation, and nutrition.

Prisoners are happy about the observer program.

Wiechert witnesses an initiation ritual in which prisoners were running around naked.

Wiechert witnesses an initiation ritual in which prisoners were running around naked.

Observer Report from Will Frantz, a shift coordinator during 11pm - 7am shift

Describing prisoner complains about lack of representation at Walpole

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

Prisoners discussed guards and the possibility of getting out. A pair of brothers had visitors.

Guards conducted count in cells. Control wanted to lock up a Black representative, but he is concerned he won't be let out.

Guards conducted count in cells. Control wanted to lock up a Black representative, but he is concerned he won't be let out.

There is one incident in which a prisoner is taken away on a stretcher due to a seizure. While prisoners complain of meals, the unusable gym floor, and lack of working materials for the shops, they are doing their best and generally running Walpole…

Morale is high.

Guards move in and out of the prison. One prisoner suspects certain observers of being spies.

In this memo, a citizen observer named Tony Winsor asks Ed Rodman, Lou Brin, and Phyllis Ryan if the media is aware that the mess at Walpole after the state police shakedown was principally caused by the police themselves rather than the prisoners.

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.

Winston writes to Reverend Rodman following his observer shift, expressing his interest in knowing what happens to the reports.