Browse Items · Walpole 1973 NPRA Digital Archive

Observer Report (F. E.) May 8, 1973 - Handwritten

A guard suggests that prisoners would hold observers hostage if a riot occurred.

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Observer Report (Abe Sangrey) May 7, 1973 - Handwritten

There are few observers for this shift. A member of the NPRA Hospital Committee thinks that guards perpetrated another prisoner's seizure the other day.

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Observer Report (C. Murphy) May 7, 1973 - Handwritten

The shift was orderly, and medicine was disbursed smoothly.

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Observer Report (Joe Lewin) May 7, 1973 - Handwritten

Lewin records when prisoners were locked in and let out.

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Observer Report (Jack) May 5, 1973 - Handwritten

Observer records things such as events with the medic.

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Observer Report (Jim A.) May 5, 1973 - Handwritten

There was trouble in one corridor. Guard harassment is the cause of most trouble.

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Observer Report (Nick Sullivan) May 3, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners feel that progress is being made.

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Observer Report (David Minard) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners feel that there will be a lock-up and shakedown soon. They respect the cadets and feel hopeful about them; they similarly believe in the observer program's importance to the takeover's success.

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Observer Report (Ronald A. Wilson) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

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…

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Observer Report (Donald A. Weber) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners are alright with the cadets, but hate the old guards. Prisoners are welcoming to observers, whereas guards dislike them and are uncooperative. While prisoners stick with their own racial groups, there is no hostility between them.

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Observer Report (David Fischer) May 2, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners have a strong sense of solidarity, but guards are largely inactive. Prisoners are on a hunger strike against a specific guard.

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Observer Report (Steve Perlmutter) April 30,, 1973 - Handwritten

Observers are forced to sign releases, slowing down their entry. One prisoner had difficulty breathing and was taken to a hospital.

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Observer Report (Jeff Lowenfels) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

One guard is taken outside due to bringing in a contraband tape recorder. Observers are forced to sign releases, which have no force of law.

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Observer Report (Stuart K. Becker) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

Observers were "forced" to sign releases, which Becker describes as an attempt to intimidate them.

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Observer Report (Andrew Ketterer) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

Prisoners get along with trainee guards, and Walpole is running smoothly.

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Observer Report (Lawrence M. Green) April 30, 1973 - Handwritten

There was one incident in which a prison was found unconscious in his cell due to epilepsy.

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Observer Report (Paul Baker) May, 1973 - Handwritten

Baker records events like a medic being threatened and prisoners treated by the medic. He also provides thoughts on proposals for reforms in the criminal justice system.

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