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Spokeswoman: Wis. National Guard preparing for possibility of guarding prisons if guards walk

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Note from David Ahrens in WI: "The irony is that most of the prison guards are also members of the National Guard. So if they go on strike, they'll just be changing uniforms." Spokeswoman: Wis. National Guard preparing for possibility of guarding prisons if guards walk By Associated Press (via Fox6) http://www.fox6now.com/news/sns-ap-wi--wisconsinbudget-prisons,0,3942943.story Feb 22, 2011 MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? A Wisconsin National Guard spokeswoman says its members have been visiting prisons to prepare for securing them in the event that correctional officers walk off the job to protest Gov. Scott Walker. Lt. Col. Jackie Guthrie said Tuesday that guard members visited the Redgranite Correctional Institution in central Wisconsin and others in recent weeks...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).