2 Corrections Officers Fired Over Zapping Kids
Report: Stun Guns Used On Visiting Children
POSTED: Saturday, May 9, 2009
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said a sergeant and a lieutenant at two correctional facilities have been fired after complaints of the use of stun guns on children that were visiting for Take Our Children to Work Day last month.
Spokeswoman Jo Ellyn Rackleff said Sgt. Charmaine Davis of the Indian River Correctional Institution in Vero Beach and Lt. Russell Bourgault of the Martin Correctional Institution in Indiantown lost their jobs.
Two employees at Indian River and four in Martin remain on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues.
A warden's report said at the Martin facility, the corrections officers asked the children if they wanted to feel the sensation of one of the stun guns.
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