From Monday, September 1, Northern Territory residents can buy and use pepper spray or oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray for personal protection in a 12-month trial by the Northern Territory government.

San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday to explore phasing out pepper spray in local juvenile detention facilities, citing concerns that probation officers use the chemical agent instead of trying ...

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Delaware Department of Correction on behalf of inmates. The suit alleges prisoners are not properly decontaminated after being exposed to pepper spray, ...