Description: Exteriors of Walpole State Prison. Razor wire rims tall concrete wall. Guard tower. Several takes of reporter standup on five recent escapes by inmates on furlough.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/19/1976
Description: Walpole residents oppose selection of their town as site for solid waste disposal. They plan to fight the MWRA sewage landfill proposal. Paul Levy. B-roll of town center, roads, houses.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/02/1989
Description: Interview with inmate at Walpole prison about lock-up of B section (maximum security). Filthy interiors of cell block, dirty showers, debris from meals accumulated on floor. Inmates hold mirrors out through bars to show reflection of their faces to camera. Swearing and commotion are heard in background; prisoners complain about conditions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/04/1978
Description: Paul Levy of MWRA announces Walpole as site for sewage treatment plant. Citizens and officials complain, citing existing burden of four area prisons. Sen. Arthur Lewis, Rep. Frank Woodward
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1988
Description: Walpole offers itself as site for state prison proposed for New Braintree, in exchange for being spared the MWRA's sludge disposal grit pit. Rep. Francis Woodward, Stephen Brewer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/14/1989