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| Nevada prisons add tools to avoid shootings, but keep guns |
| By lmtonline.com |
| Published: 01/15/2016 |
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada prisons have added more guards and trained officers how to use rubber bullets in an effort to end deadly shootings behind bars, officials said Thursday, but they also defended the use of shotguns loaded with birdshot if all else fails. The comments came as the Board of State Prison Commissioners followed up on an audit of prison use-of-force policies that recommended Nevada stop "routine deployment" of 12-gauge shotguns. The state faces lawsuits over prison shootings, including one at High Desert State Prison in 2014 that left an inmate dead. "We really believe that the use of (shotguns) will be drastically reduced," said Nevada Department of Corrections Interim Director E.K. McDaniel, calling birdshot "a last resort in saving people's lives." Read More. |
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