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| Prison assault task force formed |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 07/25/2008 |
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CONNECTICUT - State House Speaker James Amann announced Thursday that he is creating a new task force to evaluate the health and safety of Connecticut's prison workers, following a recent series of assaults on [COs]. "I'm afraid we're going to wait until one of our corrections officers is murdered before we react," said Amann, a Democrat who is considering a run for governor in 2010. The state correctional officers union, which supports the task force, said it hopes lawmakers will examine issues such as staff-to-inmate ratios, the need to fill vacant positions and a behavior management program at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers that one officer said is insufficient. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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