MIM Notes 186 May 15 1999

The truth behind Walpole's lock down
A convict's true version

In the summer of 1993 after an altercation of Black and Latino 
prisoners at the yard in MCI Walpole, Mr. DuBois and his lame 
ducks party under the Weld administration used the so-called riot 
to begin the phase system which was step one for total lockdown. 
In order to get step two the administration need it yet another 
riot or racial fights to have an excuse to tell the public I told 
you so, these prisoners are too violent and need to be on lock 
down. Since the racial tensions disappeared and no one was getting 
killed, the administration began instigating prisoners and trying 
to get things jumping between convicts.

I'm convinced and saw and live parts of this instigation in 1994. 
At that time I was known to have top voice among Latino prisoners 
... those willing to fight or stand for our rights. An IPS 
officer, a pig known as Metrano, approached me and told me the 
Blacks are gearing up shanks to surprise you guys since a believer 
of anti-imperialism should never believe a pig I went to a Black 
brother who had top voice with the Black convicts and talked to 
him. He told me they were concerned in fact because the same IPS 
has told them that we (the Latinos) were gearing up for them so a 
second racial riot was about to happen.

And I imagine if we would of fallen for the DOC plans and fought, 
the first thing Dubois and he's lame ducks would of done was to 
tell colonial papers such as the Globe or Herald that they need it 
control units and complete lock down of Walpole not forgetting STG 
units.

Since we didn't fall for that the pigs began harassing prisoners 
until in 95 a group got tired of the harassment and lighted up a 
pig who took a radio from a prisoner (by force). It is sad that 
this type of activities are carried out by officials and 
administrations of those who supposedly are to provide convicts 
with re-habilitation programs and safety. Instead for their 
political agendas to have strong support from politicians and 
voters on the needs of more lock downs and super maxs, they were 
willing to put human life on the line. A sad but true story.

I blame us convicts in a way for making their jobs easier that's 
why we must unite and rise political awareness among us all. 

A official or spokesperson on behalf of DOC will most likely call 
me a liar or this article as allegations, as always lying to the 
public. However those behind the scene IPS officer Metrano, the 
then sup int and Dubois knows how true this article is.

--a segregated convict from Walpole, March 1999.