The Virginia Department of Corrections uses attack dogs on prisoners frequently

Original headline to this article is “Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States,” but that really felt inadequate after reading this

Through public-records requests, court documents, medical records, and interviews with dozens of bite victims, Insider documented at least 295 incidents where attack-trained dogs bit incarcerated people over the six years from 2017 to 2022. Insider identified one attack in Connecticut, to break up a fight in 2020; three in Massachusetts, all in the context of forced cell extractions, in 2020; five in Indiana; 15 in Arizona; and 271 attacks in Virginia.