Recent assaults and increased violence in state prisons has raised concerns about workplace safety for officers, nurses and other Department of Corrections employees, and State Rep. Penny Bacchiochi (R-Somers) has been tapped to be a part of a new task force created to identify solutions to the problem.
Rep. Bacchiochi was recently named to the bi-partisan prison safety task force. The panel will examine the link between inmate assaults on correction officers and population levels in prisons. The task force will draw up short and long term legislative solutions to the problem.
The prison safety task force is expected to issue its findings in December along with a suggested course of action of for the 2009 legislative session.
State Rep. Penny Bacchiochi (R-Somers) represents Somers,