Year End Walpole John Boone

Can Descriptions2. Year End Walpole John Boone (12/24/73) - Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the begining of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison gaurds went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the gaurds returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a non-violent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison gaurdss, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.