Cave Canem:
The study reveals five U.S. state prison systems - Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, South Dakota and Utah - authorized the use of large un-muzzled dogs to terrify and even attack prisoners to extract them from their cells.Democracy Now! 12.10.06
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one of the best kept secrets in corrections in the United States, that there are prison systems that permit dogs, large un-muzzled attack dogs, usually German Shepherds, to be brought to the cell front, and bark and try and intimidate the prisoner into complying with orders to leave his cell. If the prisoner doesn't comply, the cell door is opened, the dog goes in and bites the prisoner and stays holding on, jaws clamped on the prisoner at whatever limb the dog can get, until he's called off...
