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This article discusses methods of behavior modification used in prisons and criticisms against them.

This draft discusses the historical racism in prisons and its implications for a regional prison.

The mid-February, 1974 issue of the outlook. It includes articles about drug addiction, the Curran report on behavior modification, and psychosurgery.

Notes on the treatment of special offenders; the writer expresses that the Curran Report poses "danger + must be exposed + demolished."

The observer notes events like a shakedown in the minimum section, conversations with prisoners about their lawyers.

Prisoners feel betrayed and that Waitkevitch was not upholding his end of the bargain; there were also rumors of state troopers entering the prison. Throughout much of the shift, prisoners broke windows and doors, set fires on the floor, etc. While…

A meeting agenda that includes a statement from the NPRA and discussion of the observer program.

The article discusses a program of deinstitutionalization, which it identifies as "the only path to relative peace" at Walpole.

Prisoners have requested that observers be stationed in the kitchen.

The observer gives recommendations for the organization of observer reports. They note that visitation is "lively," and that prisoners have requested that observers be stationed in the kitchen.

A record of observers from the Ad Hoc Committee

The note conveys information from recent observers, including problems with guards, pickup of reports, and a request to call Waitkevich.