On Tuesday, during the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting, Probation Chief Terri McDonald and...
Pepper Spray
Getting to Zero: LA County Probation Chief Presents Her Official Plan to Phase-Out Pepper Spray by End Of 2020
On Tuesday, June 25, at around 11:30 a.m., Chief Terri McDonald, the head of the nation’s...
SPRAYING GIRLS: New Lawsuit Tells Disturbing Story Of Detention Officers At LA County’s Central Juvenile Hall Repeatedly—& Unnecessarily—Pepper Spraying a 15-Year-Old Girl Without Ever Allowing Her to Properly “Decontaminate”
A new federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Los Angeles County Probation alleging...
The Alarmingly Common Use and Abuse of “Tear Gas Weapons” in California’s Youth Facilities
Aerosolized oleoresin capsicum or “OC spray,” commonly known as pepper spray, is so toxic that...
Probation Oversight Panel Delivers Detailed Plan to Eliminate Pepper Spray From LA Youth Facilities in 12 Months, But Will It Be Followed?
The Los Angeles County Supervisors have just received a smart, step-by-step plan describing how the...
Six LA Probation Officers Charged With Unlawful Use of Pepper Spray Against Teenage Girls, One Officer Charged With Four Different Assaults
On Friday afternoon, six Los Angeles County Probation officers were charged for unlawfully using...