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Michigan Introduces Tasers to Prison System

Loaded on July 15, 2012 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News July, 2012, page 40
Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers. Location: Michigan.
by David M. Reutter

Citing hopes of reducing the number of work-related injuries and associated costs resulting from altercations with prisoners, in December 2011 the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) invested $125,000 in a pilot program at five maximum-security prisons to test the effectiveness of Tasers.

MDOC guards at Algier …

 

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