October 15, 2009
Federal correctional officers lobby for pepper spray
Gary Pullings knows what he wants as a correctional officer at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater.
"I want to carry the damn pepper spray," Pullings said Wednesday.
The 30-year-old former Marine, an Atwater guard since 2006, said he and his fellow officers remain dangerously exposed at the maximum security prison. He contends that staffing is too low and incarceration policies are imperfect…
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