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California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles to Satisfy Training Requirements
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2005, page 31
California State Assembly Member Rudy Bermudez, himself a member of the powerful prison guards union (CCPOA) while on leave from his prison job to serve elective office, sharply criticized the practice of solving word puzzles used by California prison guards to complete part of their annual training requirement.
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Staffing,
Failure to Train/Supervise,
Guard Unions.
Location:
California.
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