Pepper spray to be used in young offender institutions as violence rises

Use of pepper spray authorised at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Decision by Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, means Pava spray could be used on children as young as 15UK politics live – latest updatesChildren as young as 15 face being incapacitated with pepper spray after Shabana Mahmood on Thursday authorised its use at young offender institutions [YOIs].The justice secretary for the first time signed off the use of Pava spray, a synthetic form of pepper spray, for use across three of the five YOIs in…

Pepper spray to be used in young offender institutions as violence rises

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.