Investigators #8

Date1987 – 1988

Can DescriptionsSee tape for content list: Bridgewater #3 & midday tease; Titicut Follies, pre-show; Hard Crime, pt. 3&5; Auto Insurance #4; Danvers State Hospital; Chelsea Drugs, pt. 1-2

Viewing NotesShots of patients at the Bridgewater State Hospital. Interview with one of the patients. Shots of the patients and the hospital. A male reporter, in voiceover, describes the hospital. A physical altercation between two patients. Interview with a hospital worker, who says all the patients here have the potential for violence. Interview with a man who killed his grandmother. Shots of the facilities. The reporter, speaking to the camera. Interview with a man who says people are sent to Bridgewater to be forgotten. A man filmed through a small window. Interview with a patient, with his face obscured. Clips of apparently delusional patients. Interview with a woman hospital worker. Hospital workers talking with a patient. [End of story, 00:00:00-00:04:07] Guards lead a man with chains on his ankles into the Bridgewater State Hospital. A male reporter, in voiceover, describes the patients at Bridgewater. He describes patients being strip searched in the hallway. Patient is strip searched on camera, with guard’s body blocking view of the camera. View inside the cell. Reporter describes patients being left in their cells naked for several hours. Shot of patient in cell. Clip from the film ‘Titicut Follies” from Zipporah Films, showing the same treatment. Interview with a man. Shot of a man in his underwear being lead down the hallway by guards. Guards picking up empty meal plates. Guards checking on patients in their cells. Interview with a patient through the cell door, who describes the hospital as a prison. Interview with a woman, who says patients are left in solitary confinement, without doctor checks, for too long. [End of story, 00:04:07-00:10:15] Shots of patients at the Bridgewater State Hospital, outdoors and in cells. A patient being shackled to a bed. [00:10:15-00:11:12] Clip from the film ‘Titicut Follies] showing patients at the Bridgewater State Hospital. The patients outside, one man playing a trombone. [End of story, 00:11:12-00:11:57] Shot of a judge entering a Roxbury District Court room. A male reporter (Jorge Quiroga), in voiceover, explains that the case is being dismissed because the victim has not shown up at court. Another case is delayed because the police do not show up. Shot of police leading someone to a holding cell. Interview with a judge. Shot of another case being delayed. Reporter says some witnesses are never contacted about their court date. The reporter interviewing Joe Smiley, who was robbed at knifepoint. He says neither the police nor the suspect showed up at court. Reporter says the district attorney’s office is too understaffed to keep up with caseload. Interview with lawyer [Ron Locks?]. Reporter speaking to the camera from an empty courtroom. Interview with a man. Interview with a woman. Interview with a man [Howard Fewkes?], who describes mugging. He says he was never notified of court date. Interview with a woman. [End of story, 00:11:57-00:17:46] Shot of people playing basketball. Shot of a courtroom in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A male reporter (Jorge Quiroga), in voiceover. The reporter interviewing a woman on the street, who says cases are often dismissed because people do not show up to court. Interview with a man who says the man who robbed his father was released. Shot of a courtroom, where a judge suspends the sentence of the defendant. Interview with a judge. The reporter speaking to the camera, saying the community has lost faith in the courts. Interview Ernest Scott, owner of an insurance agency. Shot of the ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. II’ in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Shot of the ‘Sister Clara Muhammad School’. Interviews with various community members, who say people turn to members of the Muslim community, [Nation of Islam] rather than the courts, to resolve issues. Interview with the judge. Shot of an intersection on Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury. Shots of people (apparently) buying drugs on the street. Reporter says drug dealers have been driven away from the area around the mosque. Shots of ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. 11’. Interview with Ernest Scott, who says they ‘physically moved’ the drug dealers. Interview with a police officer. [End of story, 00:17:46-00:22:56] A reporter, off screen, interviewing a man [Michael Plez?], at a kitchen table. He advises people he has robbed to learn karate. Shot of a house with a ‘Beware of the Dog’ sign. A male reporter (Jorge Quiroga), in voiceover, describes how the people of Roxbury, Massachusetts, have lost faith in the court system. Interview with a hairdresser, who says she is afraid. Interview with a man who compares it to living in a prison. The reporter speaking to the camera. Shot inside a courtroom, as cases are dismissed due to people not showing up. Interview with a man who says many people in “default” are walking free. Two police officers pat down a suspect in a police station. Shot of workers in a district attorney’s office. Interview with a judge. Interview with a lawyer [Ron Lock?]. Both say there are not enough judges and lawyers. Shots inside a police station. Interview with a man. Shots of a courtroom. Reporter talks about increase in criminal cases, and states that Massachusetts ranks 49th in the country in number of judges per capita. A man [Gov. Dukakis?] speaking to the camera. [End of story, 00:22:56-00:28:15] Police escorting a man into a holding cell. A female reporter, in voice over, talks about car thefts in Massachusetts. Interview with a man talking about the number of car thefts. Reporter talking to the camera, who says Channel 5 news has a new theory as to why there are some many car thefts in Massachusetts. Interview with a man who says there is a relationship between car accidents and stolen cars. Shots of damaged cars. Reporter theorizes that bad driving in Massachusetts leads to a higher accident rate, leading to a greater demand for car repair and a greater demand for stolen car parts. Shot of a man standing next to a stolen Camaro stripped for parts. Interview with a man discussing the selling of stolen car parts. Shots of police inside a chop shop. A man walking down a prison hallway. Interview with a man with his face obscured, who is in prison for car theft. Shot of cars on the street in Brockton, Massachusetts. Police in a chop shop. Police inspecting a garage. View from inside a police cruiser. Interview with a man who discusses car theft. [End of story, 00:28:15-00:33:26] Shot of a door in a hospital. (Danvers State Hospital) A female reporter, in voiceover, describes it as a hospital ward for the mentally ill. Shots inside the hospital. Interview with a person with their face obscured, who describes it as the ‘humiliation program’. Interview with a woman, who says Danvers State Hospital is not a psychiatric hospital, but a “warehouse” and “worse than a prison”. Shots of rooms filled with beds. Interview with a man, who says he saw a patient being treated in the hallway. Interview with a person with their face obscured. Interview with a hospital employee. Reporter talks about patient [Ann Hoten?] who escaped the hospital and died outside. Shot of the exterior of the hospital. Interview with the Danver’s Fire Chief, who says the building is not up to code. Interview with hospital staff member. Views of the hospital. Interview with a woman. [End of story, 00:33:26-00:37:41] Shot of the Tobin Bridge. A male reporter, in voiceover. Shot of a police car with siren blaring. Police arresting people on suspected drug charges. The reporter interview a police officer in the police cruiser. Shots of bars in Chelsea at night. A man using a pay phone. Women (described as ‘hookers’) on the street. Reporter describes which streets are known for cocaine and which for heroin. Shot of police cars. A man jumps over a chain link fence. Police find a stash of cocaine hidden in an alley. A boy being arrested for suspected drug trafficking. The boy being strip searched. A police officer taking the boys mug shot. The boy being put in a holding cell. A police officer using a typewriter to fill out a form. Interview with a police officer. Reporter speaking to the camera. Shot of an arrest. Police search teenagers, but find nothing. Teenager with his wallet out. Interview with a man and police officers, who say this is largely pointless. Shot of an arrest. [End of story, 00:37:41-00:44:19] Shot of a courtroom. A man is escorted out of the room by a guard. [bailiff?] A male reporter, in voiceover, identifies the place as a courtroom in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Shot of the judge [Judge Lillian D’Ambrosia Milgrim?] Shot of people in the dock, some of them trying to cover their faces. Interview with the judge, who says people are coming from outside Chelsea to buy drugs. Shot of the Tobin bridge. Shots of Chelsea. Shot of a young man in the courtroom. Interview with the judge. Interview with people, who talk about drug dealing in Chelsea. Interview with Chelsea mayor John Brennan. He says he often calls the police on “undesirables’ and that “It’s time bad guys didn’t have so many rights.” Shot of an arrest. Police officer tells a girl to “Stay the hell out of Chelsea’. Shot of a man closing up a store front. Interview with the store owner. Shots of stores. Reporter describes tactics the city of Chelsea is using to curb drug use, including cutting bar hours and pulling public phones. Shot inside a store. Interview with store owner. Reporter speaking to the camera, saying measures are ineffective. Interview with a man. A woman filling a syringe, presumably with heroin. Interview with a man on the street about ease of acquiring drugs. Interview with John Brennan. Shots of the street. Interview with a police officer. [00:44:19-00:49:52]