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Taser in a juvenile correctional facility?

jmonta: Does your agency have a policy about the use of Tasers in a juvenile facility?
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By Gene Atherton, NLECTC - Rocky Mountain - Institutions Program Manager
I have served as a corrections professional for 35 years. I have never seen a program so completely effective in providing hope of a better future for inmates. It is clear that nearly all inmates are looking for a way to abandon their criminal past. The change in their thinking and behavior begins to show in the first three classes and continues throughout the program.
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