The deployment of electronic devices on prisoners has a continuing human cost. Ignoring it will only lead to more suffering inside.
The use of digital control devices in prisons continues to cost people. It becomes more painful on the inside by looking at it. Individual costs are still being caused by the use of digital control devices in prisons. It becomes more painful internally by looking at it.
The deployment of electronic devices on prisoners has a continuing human cost. Ignoring it will only lead to more suffering inside.
My cellblock’s main entrance is enveloped in a burst of white smoke while my body is jolted by electric shocks. I hit the ground harder and quicker than anticipated. The two prisoners I was fighting took advantage of the situation to attack me, but were eventually subdued by correctional officers. After visiting the medical unit, I am then moved to segregation. I am grateful that I didn’t lose any teeth from the incident, but I continue to wonder why I was the first person to be tased while trying to defend myself against two other inmates. In 2010, during my time in confinement under the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), tasers were not employed within correctional facilities. Starting in early 2013, the MDOC implemented a program across the state that permitted correctional officers to utilize these devices on the inmate population. In 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns, conflicts among prisoners rose, leading to an increase in the deployment of tasers by prison staff.
