1.   A former inmate at Gloucester jail has been telling a jury how a senior prison officer beat him across the back.

2.   Also, former inmates are familiar with intimate, closely monitored living situations and feel little embarrassment in bestowing physical affection in the proximity of others.

3.   And now, after almost three decades of waiting and legal maneuvering, the former inmates are scheduled to receive their shares by October.

4.   And the former inmates say their turning away from violence does not represent any backing off from their political convictions.

5.   Another is Terry Baptiste, a former inmate who talks of the struggle to polish worn prison boots and iron a uniform for visitation day.

6.   Another former inmate at Bedford Hills, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said she was molested by a male guard while being frisked.

7.   As well, he said, the purpose of keeping a former inmate under monitoring for a defined period is rehabilitation.

8.   A former inmate can do little without a roof above his head.

9.   A growing number of these former inmates are being reincarcerated for parole or probation violations, often a result of failing a urine test for drugs.

10.   A review of thousands of pages of legal documents and interviews with officers and former inmates provides a window into the violent world of prisons.