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Re: “Plan for stun guns in jail draws opposition” (Page B1, Oct. 22).

To see why Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) ought not to be used in prisons, one need only reflect on two famous studies: the Milgram experiment and the Stanford prison experiment.

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In the former, participants obediently administered what they believed to be increasingly strong electric shocks to unseen persons in spite of the (faked) screams of agony that they heard. In the latter, student participants were divided into prisoners and guards; the guards became so sadistic and dangerous toward the prisoners that the experiment had to be discontinued. CEDs can readily be used as instruments of torture; they are designed to c

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