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Letter from Frank 'Parky' Grace to Gloria Xifaras Clark

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Grace, Frank

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Slow in returning Grace's letter due to his depression. Would like his wife (Lynette) to meet Gloria although Lynette claims not to like anyone from New Bedford. Is in the A section of prison ("I'm a good slave") and is attending school, working as a counselor in a drug program, and was working in the metal shop until they had a strike and he was charged with mutiny and inciting a riot: "since that time I have not been allowed back to the slave shop. I'm also with a group called big brothers. We have rap sessions with so-called trouble youth..." Walpole is geared to drive people insane and he sees people removed to Bridgewater regularly: "everyday I see signs of someone else slipping off. At times I feel myself slipping... you could say this is a lunatic criminal factory."
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  1. Mentally Ill Prisoners
  2. Prisoners
  3. Walpole State Prison

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