Arizona training video showing how dogs were used for cell extractions. Unlike other states, in Arizona once the dog had a hold of the prisoner, the officers would pull on the dog’s leash and drag the dog and the prisoner, gripped by the dog's jaws, out of the cell.

Video provided to Human Rights Watch by the Arizona Department of Corrections. In late 2005, the director of the department issued a moratorium on the use of dogs for cell extractions. In March 2006, the moratorium was made permanent with a new rule prohibiting the use of dogs for this purpose.

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Video of a cell extraction with a dog in a Massachusetts prison provided to Human Rights Watch by attorneys for the inmate. According to the attorney, the inmate was mentally ill. In April 2006 the commissioner of the Department of Correction prohibited the use of dogs for cell extractions.

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