By Rick Dandes
The Daily Item
SUNBURY — A Valley congressman has urged the Bureau of Prisons — and its director, Charles Samuels — to take a comprehensive look at all policies affecting the safety of federal corrections officers.
In a letter sent to Samuels on Friday, U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-10 of Cogan Station, wrote, “The bureau ... can and must do more to ensure that correctional officers are operating in a safe and orderly work environment.”
Marino also called for a re-evalution of policies pertaining to the recruitment and retention of officers.
Correctional officer Eric Williams was attacked and murdered on Feb. 25 while performing nightly lockdown duties at the U.S. Penitentiary in Canaan, located in Marino’s 10th Congressional District. Several reports indicated that Williams was alone with 130 inmates at the time of the attack, equipped only with a radio, keys and handcuffs.
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