PEPPER spray will be used on children as young as 15 in young offender institutions to curb a surge in violence. Specially ...

Pava spray will be made available ‘in limited circumstances’ to a select number of staff at three centres holding under-18s.

Thunder Bay’s south side THUNDER BAY – LOCAL CRIME BLOTTER – A 25-year-old woman is in custody following a late-night assault ...

Students at the City College of New York rallied on campus Thursday to demand their administration divest from Israel and ...

CUNY public safety officers and the NYPD quickly quashed an attempt by students to establish a ‘Liberated Zone’ on the quad ...

Video shows the man spraying a court officer and pushing past her into the courthouse before he was knocked the ground and apprehended.

Ministers are set to face a huge backlash from justice and children’s campaigners who have long warned against using PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, against children ...

Young offenders’ institution staff will be trained to use an incapacitating spray in cases of serious violence ...

A government paper said incapacitant spray could make some prisoners more violent and lead to more 'use of force' incidents ...

Prison officers in young offender institutions will start using pepper spray in a bid to combat soaring violence levels from ...

Pepper spray will now be used in young offender institutions - where the rate of assaults on staff is 14 times higher than in adult prisons. Specially trained prison officers in England will be ...

The 25 year-old was charged with two counts each of assault with a weapon and administering a noxious substance, along with ...