LVH-Cedar Crest cited by state for using pepper spray against violent patient in incident that highlights hospital security concerns ...

Despite fears about crime in New York, state law makes it illegal to ship pepper spray to anyone in the Empire State.

A new ban on the use of defensive tools by security staff at a state hospital puts police, hospital workers, patients and the ...

A violent confrontation at Tewksbury Hospital raised questions about how to care for patients from the state's criminal ...

Some community members say the incident at a Kapolei Middle School underscores the need for behavioral health staff at the ...

A Los Angeles County probation officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation for carrying and using pepper spray during a ...

Last year, the Howard League for Penal Reform began receiving calls about children incarcerated in English prisons who had been sprayed in the eyes by prison officers armed with a new kind of ...