The Correction Department uses pepper spray disproportionately on mentally ill detainees when they are passively not following orders, are arguing or trying to hang themselves, a Board of Correction ...

A year later, pepper spray is now used an average of 1.3 times per day at Los Padrinos and has been quietly reinstated in units that house vulnerable populations, including girls and youth with ...

It took several administrators, a security guard and the school resource officer to break up the fight, officials said.

A Sun City West couple is accused of terrorizing drivers in three road rage incidents. Glendale police say the attacks were ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — WFMY News 2 obtained a video involving a pepper spray incident at Flat Rock Middle School in Winston-Salem. A deputy used the pepper spray to break up a fight during a school ...

A new proposal being considered by the New York City Council would limit correction officers' use of pepper spray to control inmates acting out in the city's jails. The bill, introduced Thursday, ...

Several students at Smithfield-Selma High School required medical treatment on Wednesday after being exposed to pepper spray. The pepper spray was discharged by a student, but it was unclear whether ...

A crowd of about 40 juveniles turned Market Square into a full-blown brawl Saturday evening, sending diners and pedestrians ...

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When Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall reopened in July 2023, probation officers arriving for their first shifts were forced to surrender the pepper spray canisters they had relied on to combat fights and ...