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Cadet guards and prisoners are getting along well. Prisoners as a group are very cohesive.

Dunne recommends that keeping the observer program alive would require a symbolic distancing from the Ad Hoc Committee.

There are new rules that forbid observers from entering cell blocks. There is an incident with a small fire set on the floor, but it is put out quickly.

Gloser records events in the infirmary and problems with procedure.

Prisoners have complaints regarding a new visitation policy, as well as the administration's regulations on the NPRA. Franz also records the activities of other observers throughout the shift.

Observers are not allowed to talk to the men in the prison. There is an incident of conflict in which a guard is punched.

This memorandum discusses the police investigations occurring at Walpole and advises the prisoners on their rights to refuse such a visit.

There is unrest in the prison, and one observer is thrown out due to being reported for talking. Eames records the actions of several other observers as the shift progresses.

Nassar writes regarding an included memorandum concerning the reorganization of the NPRA. He notes that conditions in Walpole have worsened.

Memorandums concerning the Prisoner Rights Project, announcements from the NPRA Action and Legal Committees, and a proposed Community Development Group. In particular, there is an ongoing civil suit between the Walpole prisoners and prison…

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

Materials from a correspondence between Williams and Kerrigan regarding a series of panel discussions.

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

A report from a conference on criminal justice information systems. The writer notes that few of the speakers "questioned the 'justice' of the criminal justice system," and expresses concern about the future uses of the discussed technologies.

This statement from the New England Prisoners Association criticized the proposed computerization of Massachusetts citizens' data out of concern for individual rights.

Six members of the Prison Health Project quit due to the project's failure to address major problems like implementing prisoner input and standards for housing, sanitation, and nutrition.

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

A behavior modification program known as START has been dismantled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Arnold E. Coles writes to the NPRA membership regarding membership renewal.

A January, 1974 issue of NEPA. It includes an update about a strike at Walpole.