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Wisconsin DOC Equips Guards with Pepper Spray, Tasers
Loaded on May 19, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2014, page 30
Wisconsin DOC Equips Guards with Pepper Spray, Tasers
A report compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) found there were 351 assaults, attempted assaults and assault-related injuries involving prison staff from mid-2012 to mid-2013.
In response, Corrections Secretary Ed Wall announced in December 2013 that he was equipping ...
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