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| Training helps Minnesota prison guards cope with mentally ill inmates |
| By grandforksherald.com - Rupa Shenoy |
| Published: 02/13/2013 |
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STILLWATER, Minn. — In what was to be a routine trip to St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, correctional officer Shane Warnke Jr. suddenly found himself confronted by the kind of danger he was trained to face while overseeing inmates in prison. As he escorted an inmate scheduled for surgery, a frantic nurse appeared. A patient had taken a staff member hostage. When the nurse led Warnke to a room with the door propped open, he could see a staff member lying on the ground. As he stepped inside, Warnke saw a man holding a pair of scissors to a nurse's throat. The patient lunged at Warnke twice, but the officer did not respond with force. Read More. |
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