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Troubleshooter · 05-11-2004, 12:30 PM

Prison guards forbidden to wear protective gear

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Calgar...17/384816.html

By DOUG BEAZLEY, SUN MEDIA

EDMONTON -- Corrections Canada won't let guards at maximum security prisons wear stab-proof vests because it sends a confrontational "signal" to prisoners. "If you have that kind of presence symbolized by (a stab-proof vest), you're sending a signal to the prisoner that you consider him to be a dangerous person," said Tim Krause.

05-11-2004, 12:30 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Only in Canada or California Prison guards forbidden to wear protective gear http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Calgar...17/384816.html By DOUG BEAZLEY, SUN MEDIA EDMONTON -- Corrections Canada won't let guards at maximum security prisons wear stab-proof vests because it sends a confrontational "signal" to prisoners. "If you have that kind of presence symbolized by (a stab-proof vest), you're sending a signal to the prisoner that you consider him to be a dangerous person," said Tim Krause. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle