By Chris Ingalls
KING 5 News
SEATAC, Wash. — It’s not often that federal prison guards air their complaints in public, but that’s exactly what happened this week in front of the Federal Detention Center in Seatac.
“Every day our lives are on the line, because we’re outnumbered by inmates,” said James Wilson, who was worked as a corrections officer for more than six years.
Wilson was among a group of FDC Seatac corrections officers and union members who demonstrated Wednesday outside the federal prison facility demanding safer working conditions and warning about the increased dangers from planned budget cuts.
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