Taser not as popular in prisons as on street / [USA] East Valley Tribune, 28 Nov 2004

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Ray stern
"Inside the prisons, Tasers are used only at the highest inmate security levels, Sublett said. Even then, they can be applied only after permission is given by a supervisor, who must then witness the action.

The institutional setting provides alternatives to force that police officers on the street don�t always have, he said.

'Inmates are with us in some cases for years,' he said. 'Relationship -building is important.'

Prison supervisors feel that over- equipping detention officers leads to lessauthoritative guards who can�t get an inmate�s attention with verbal commands, he said. "