Description: Leader: P-1 The Investigators; Prison; March 7th, 1973; The Investigators, P.1 Prisons; mix of silent and sound; footage of empty sewing workshop; women at typewriters; black screen breaks; exterior footage of the prison; Two women assembling a flag; women in the laundry washing and ironing; CU of washing machine. serving food; classroom with teacher talking; candlepin bowling; exterior grounds shots of the empty pool and playground; shots of bedrooms and personal spaces; Reel 1 of 4 (See Acc. 2394.11757, 2394.11759, and 2394.11760);
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1973
Description: "Leader: "P-1 The Investigators Prison-Framingham March 7th 1973"; Women arrive in car and escort reporter Mary McKay into the building (like she is a prisoner arriving at the prison). Woman gives pills to a nurse and the nurse escorts McKay (in prison clothes with a towel on her hair) down the hall and into an office to ask questions. Nurse asks about medical history, takes McKay’s blood pressure and temperature, and administers an exam behind a screen. McKay sits at a table with another woman and begins to eat food. B-roll of the reporter listening to an interview. McKay sews a star onto an American flag and another woman helps her. McKay leaves the building with a suitcase and walks down the driveway. Reel 3 of 4 (See Acc. 2394.11757, 11758, & 11760)"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1973
Description: Exterior footage of prison. Women at tables eating and talking. Interview with John O Boone, Commissioner of Corrections, about the implementation of a new co-ed re-integration program at Framingham Prison. The men will be brought in so they can join in the work and skill training that the women are doing. Interviews with woman prisoners who are against the co-ed prison system. One is worried that sexual relations will occur and then the prisoners will be punished. Another woman is worried about the loss of privileges. More exterior footage of the prison and grounds. Mix of sound and silent. Reel 2 of 4 (See Acc. 2394.11758, 2394.11759, and 2394.11760)
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1973
Description: "Leader: "P-2 The Investigators; Prison - Framingham March 7th 1973"; The Investigators; Prison - Framingham; Reporter Mary McKay escorted into an office for fake processing at the prison. They remove her handcuffs, ask her questions, and make a list of her belongings. McKay (now dressed in prison clothes with her hair in a towel is led into a room. She looks out the window. Cut to an office. Knock on the door and McKay comes in and talks with the councilor. She explains the different programs and jobs that are available for the prisoners. Cut to one of the women interviewed in 2394.11757 working. McKay interviews her about her typical day in the prison, how the prison has changed recently, sexual activity in the prison, and how her time in prison has changed her.; Reel 4 of 4 (See. Acc. 2394.11757, 2394.11758, 2394.11759)"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1973