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There is an incident in which a guard trainee and a prisoner are yelling at each other. Otherwise, Cross details requests for medication and delays in its delivery.

A prisoner asks Cross to pass a cup of "home brew" to another cell; when Cross refuses, the prisoner is a bit upset. There is another incident in which a jar of fluid was found in a shower. Cross also observers a prisoner shooting up drugs.

Guards tend to unlock cells "when they got around to it."

Franz relays details about his shift, particularly a situation in which a prisoner who has previously stabbed others is returned to 10 Block. He identifies this as a potential source of "hassles" and recommends that future observers be made aware of…

Franz talked to an prisoner about the Prisoners' Rights Project.

Prisoners have concerns such as not getting enough meet and cell doors still being shut at 5:20.

Low guard presence.

Describing prisoner complains about lack of representation at Walpole

The men doing leatherwork and leatherwork and doing well. A cadet guard was getting along well with prisoners, and there were no regular guards.

Citizen observer describes the conditions for which prisoners endured on April 7, 1973.

Guards conduct cell check. One guard mentions that the drug problem is one of the worst he'd ever seen.

This report talks about concerns with the kitchen staff, reactions to Boone's speech, and evidence of prisoners running medication dispensary

Duplicate with different spacing and errors in the same folder, not stapled together

These are reports from a day when Boone and other officials gave speeches to the prisoners and promised their concerns would be alleviated when the next super intendent joined.

These reports are done right after Boone's speech to the prisoners of Walpole. This shift was relatively quiet