Oregon prison negligent for not allowing prisoners to wash off pepper spray, jury finds - The Daily Chronicle

Oregon prison negligent for not allowing prisoners to wash off pepper spray, jury finds - The Daily Chronicle

After a gang fight erupted in a housing unit at Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon, officers locked down the area and deployed pepper spray through the entry gate, filling the unit with the chemical irritant. What happened next became the subject of a seven-day federal trial that concluded Thursday afternoon with a mixed verdict. The jury found the state Department of Corrections and its officers negligent for failing to follow their…