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Elam Commissioner Report

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These notes include questions for an upcoming meeting with Commissioner John Boone.

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This article details continued conflict and controversy in Walpole during the summer of 1973, after the firing of John Boone.

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Article from ACLU The Docket: Volume 3, Number 3 (June, 1973)

Newspaper article about Hostage Situation at Walpole M.C.I.

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Names of lawyers handwritten on lined paper.

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Observer report from April 19, 1973; Shift 7-3. Author notes the lack of a furlough policy and the prison's residents' belief that one should be instituted.

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State police don't leave the premises. The press and Commissioner Boone arrive.

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Author writes to someone asking for information about an observer shift and emphasizes the observer procedure.

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There are frequent problems with regard to medication distribution. Moreover, Burke has been spreading rumors of infiltration that are decreasing prisoner trust in observers.

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Citizen observer describes issues with medical distribution and growing distrust of citizen observers from prisoners.

A man (former prisoner) and women were stopped outside; man was detained and car was searched.

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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.

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Maximum security blocks are deemed inadequate due to the size of rooms, broken windows, and poor showers.

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Heating is inconsistent, but food has improved.

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Heating is inconsistent, but food has improved.

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Chained prisoners leave with guards.

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The BU Lifers come in for a meeting, and their spokesman reports that guards are extra harsh on prisoners who take part in meetings.

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Woman complains that she is unable to deliver T-shirts to her husband.

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