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Michigan DOC Taser Experiment Touted; Prison Perimeter Patrols to End
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2012, page 42
Michigan prison officials are proclaiming their experiment to arm guards with Tasers a success. An announced end to round-the-clock patrols of prison perimeters, however, was denounced as a threat to security by the union that represents Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) employees.The Taser experiment began in December 2011 as ...
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