RonPaulFanInGA
02-28-2014, 09:20 PM
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Maine_prison_officials_urge_shoot_to_kill_option_f or_Windham_facility.html
Officials tell lawmakers that a growing number of dangerous prisoners are being housed in the facilty and they pose a higher escape risk.
An increasingly dangerous inmate population at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham warrants allowing officers to shoot at prisoners who are trying to escape, says the director of security for the Maine Department of Corrections.
But state lawmakers aren’t sure they want to open that option.
Corrections officers and supervisors at the Maine State Prison in Warren already have the legal right to use deadly force if needed to prevent a prisoner from escaping.
A bill before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee would extend that right to guards at the Windham facility.
Officials tell lawmakers that a growing number of dangerous prisoners are being housed in the facilty and they pose a higher escape risk.
An increasingly dangerous inmate population at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham warrants allowing officers to shoot at prisoners who are trying to escape, says the director of security for the Maine Department of Corrections.
But state lawmakers aren’t sure they want to open that option.
Corrections officers and supervisors at the Maine State Prison in Warren already have the legal right to use deadly force if needed to prevent a prisoner from escaping.
A bill before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee would extend that right to guards at the Windham facility.