US EditionPepper spray to be used in young offender institutions as violence rises
- The Ministry of Justice will begin using Pava spray in young offender institutions this summer to address rising violence levels among inmates, which are reported to be 14 times higher than in adult prisons.
- Figures from the Ministry of Justice indicate that there were 170.0 assault incidents per 100 children at Feltham and 182.9 per 100 at Werrington in the last year.
- Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that specially trained staff will use Pava spray on children, marking the first such approval for this age group.
- The introduction of Pava spray has drawn condemnation from a charity, which argues it represents a serious escalation of force against children and suggests better alternatives for managing young offenders.
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In recent years, juvenile delinquency has become the priority of the Ministry of the Interior. For 20 years, France has built closed educational centres, a kind of boarding school behind bars, to offer them a last chance. Are they more effective than juvenile prisons? No studies exist on the recidivism of young people on their way out. The Bergerac centre alone receives more than 300 applications for placement per year, for only 12 places. (Soci…
Pepper spray will be used on kids as young as 15 in young offenders institutes
Getty PEPPER spray will be used on children as young as 15 in young offender institutions to curb a surge in violence. Specially trained prison officers will be allowed to use PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, in youth custody. Assaults on staff are 14 times higher in teen prisons, which currently house around 400 offenders, than in the adult estate. About two thirds of the young offenders are locked up for violent offences such as murder, attempt…
Pepper spray to be used in youth prisons from this summer as violence rises
Pepper spray will be used in a select number of young offender institutions (YOIs) from this summer after new figures showed rates of assaults on staff were 14 times higher than in adult prisons
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