Federal Prison BlogDale Deshotel, President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council of Prison Locals, appeared on AFGE’s Federal News Radio (start at 29:17 mark) to discuss a new pilot program whereby Bureau of Prisons correctional officers will carry 3-4 ounce cans of pepper spray for use at their discretion. The program starts in August at seven United States Penitentiaries — Atwater (CA), Coleman I and II (FL), Florence (CO), Lee (VA), Lewisburg-Special Management Unit (PA) and Pollock (LA) — and will last one year. Mr. Deshotel expresses an interest in seeing the program at the conclusion of the evaluation period.
BOP to Test Use of Pepper Spray
