40 Children Stun Gunned While Vistiting Florida Prisons

May 16, 2009 3:21 p.m. EST

Tallahassee, FL (AHN) - Forty children attending "take your sons and daughters to work" days at three Florida prisons were shocked with stun guns in April, and now five state prison workers are out of a job.

Three of the officers were fired and two resigned when the incidents came to light this month. Sixteen other officers are being disciplined in connection with the incidents.

In one instance, groups of children were asked to stand in a circle and hold hands. One of the children was hit with the stun gun, and the electric current passed through the other children. None of the children were seriously hurt

Fourteen children were directly shocked with the devices.

The investigation into the incidents also revealed that officials at on facility demonstrated the use of tear gas on visiting children.