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Bridgewater Prison

Description: Leader: P2 Bridgewater Prison N/C #9229 7/2/74; Mary McKay reporter voiceover about prisoner's complaints about conditions at MCI Bridgewater and accusations that the prison administration is blocking them from forming a chapter of the New England Prisoner's Association (NEPA). Inmate James Bel speaks at a news conference accusing officials at the prison of blocking the prisoner's attempts to organize. Reporter standup, silent b-roll of the prison. Bel and other prisoners at the press conference describes an incident of guard violence against prisoners and answer questions about the poor conditions at the prison. Reporter standup about prison official response to the charges. Reporter outtakes. Silent b-roll of the press conference and prison exterior.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/02/1974

Bridgewater State Hospital

Description: Bridgewater State Hospital. Footage of exteriors, interiors, interview with Medical Director James Gilligan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1980

Drugs in inmate histories

Description: Bridgewater inmates tell their histories of using and selling drugs, landing them in prison and in treatment program. Old Colony prison exterior.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1989

MCI Bridgewater

Description: Leader: P2 MCI Bridgewater #9570 8/6/74; Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover about the transfer of inmates from Concord, Walpole, and Norfolk Prisons to Bridgewater. Interview with a man from the prison about the delays. Silent b-roll of the prison with footage of empty beds and an empty cafeteria, men playing baseball in the yard, men going into the prison. Interview with a prisoner (Mr. Bell) about an election held in the prison. Men playing pool and checkers, external footage of the prison, a man sleeping on a bench. Reporter voiceover and standup about the prisoner's complaints about the living conditions in Bridgewater and the difference between the inmates and the mental health patients held at the facility. Reporter outtakes. More of the interviews and silent b-roll of the prison.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974

Titicut Follies

Description: Roger Goodrich interviews Elliot Richardson, Massachusetts Attorney General, on the Frederick Wiseman film, Titicut Follies. He explains his objection film based on it's lack of regard for individual rights and privacy. He talks about the situation under former Attorney General Ed Brooke during which the film was made with the understanding that those individuals not able to give consent would not be featured. Cutaways of reporter asking questions. Footage of the Massachusetts Superior Court hearings on the film. A man who worked at Bridgewater State Hospital, where Titicut Follies was filmed, answers many questions. He mentions that his deputy forbade the cameras from going anywhere near Albert DeSalvo, the alleged Boston Strangler. Corrections Commissioner Gavin also answers questions. Outtakes of reporter standup. Silent courtroom scenes. Exteriors of the Massachusetts State House. Silent footage of Frederick Wiseman in the courtroom, talking to reporter Bill Harrington.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 10/18/1967