ATLANTA -- The family of 32-year-old Antonio May of Macon said they need answers for why their loved one died while in the custody of the Fulton County jail earlier in September. May was arrested on ...

A former Philadelphia prison guard pleaded guilty Thursday to pepper-spraying five subdued inmates at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Holmesburg in 2023. Christopher Knight, 47, of ...

A sergeant who pepper sprayed a restrained inmate at the Montgomery County Jail appeared to violate the jail’s and sheriff’s office’s use-of-force policies, according to civil rights and prisoners’ ...

Local pepper spray lawsuit mirrors others around the country Inmates claim they were hit by chemical irritants while restrained. By Cornelius Frolik Sep 17, 2016 ...

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark says two New York City Department of Correction Officers were indicted Wednesday for allegedly misusing pepper spray on inmates and attempting to cover up their ...

Pepper spray usage and violence skyrocketed at Los Angeles County’s second largest juvenile facility last year after dozens of youth were shifted there from the beleaguered Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, ...

Three Harnett County detention officers were fired and face criminal charges after an internal and SBI investigation into the ...