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Cell block 10 conditions have improved since the previous week. It's a quiet night.
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A prisoner who Shea speaks with feels that Walpole "breeds crime." A guard says that the observer program is good, but that the observers are obviously on the side of the prisoners.
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There is an incident where some prisoners got drunk and couldn't get into their cells. One prisoner requested a cigarette, which Bailey refused, but the prisoner was not upset.
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Collins notes the quantity of guards and where they were posted. He is upset that there is no phone to link inside and outside coordinators, which had been requested of Waitkevich weeks ago. One prisoner got in a fight with a guard, but was…
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The prisoners in 10 block began a hunger strike to push for a certain guard to leave the block.
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Things are quiet, but conditions are dirty. The change of observer shifts is slow.
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Prisoners conducted a cleanup in which they washed the floors and swept up trash. However, there are complaints mealtimes.
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The prison is tense, as the rules and regulations regarding guards and prisoners are in flux. Prisoners are not allowed in cell blocks until the necessary calls were made; even then, prisoners were not allowed in cells.
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Shaw records the activities of the guard trainees.
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Tensions have decreased since the granting of yard privileges, though there is uncertainty about future procedural regulations.
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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.
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The article discusses a program of deinstitutionalization, which it identifies as "the only path to relative peace" at Walpole.
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Rosenberg notes the specific and complex dynamics between prisoners, guards, and observers. The report ends with a list of statements from prisoners that expresses their positive stance toward the observer program, distain for the old guards, and…
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Albert Bigelow reports on an uncooperative observer, and Eames mentions that there are very few armbands remaining.
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Winston writes to Reverend Rodman following his observer shift, expressing his interest in knowing what happens to the reports.
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Baker writes on a specific guard (Charlie Rose), who he identifies as constantly "testing" him and trying to undermine the observers' procedures to weaken their project. Baker makes recommendations to the Ad Hoc Committee regarding observer shift…
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Strouse hears a story from a guard of a group of prisoners raping an observer, but this claim is doubted by everyone else; prisoners suggest that it may have been made up to intimidate observers.
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Prisoners are running Walpole well. However, there are some plumbing problems caused during the lock-up that have not been repaired.
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The observers report on various situations such as a hunger strike against specific officers, an issue with the Public Safety Department, and the lack of toothbrushes for new admits.
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Dunn writes about a prisoner who is in the hospital for various injuries.
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