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| Prison homicide raises questions of guards' use of guns |
| By santacruzsentinel.com- Kimberly Pierceall |
| Published: 04/10/2015 |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada prison where a handcuffed inmate was killed by a guard with a shotgun during what a lawsuit calls a "gladiator-style" prisoner fight staged by guards has an unusually high number of incidents of corrections officers firing guns, despite the vast majority of lockups nationwide not allowing anyone to even carry the weapons in a prison's secure areas. Between 2007 and 2011, Nevada Department of Corrections statistics show shots were fired by High Desert State Prison guards more than any other type of force, except when controlling a situation by hand. Guards fired guns 215 times in those five years, including 60 in 2011 — the most recent year figures were available. The prison is Nevada's largest, able to hold 4,176 higher-security prisoners. By comparison, there were two to six shots fired each year in that time at Ely State Prison, Nevada's maximum security prison that can house up to 1,183 inmates. Nevada prison policy specifies that deadly force is intended to be a last resort and only to shield people from serious harm, protect prison property and stop escapes. Read More. |
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