PAVA spray
The Prison Reform Trust has been engaged in long-standing dialogue with the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service regarding the decision to roll out PAVA incapacitant spray to prisons across the adult male closed estate. We have issued an urgent call for the government to reverse its decision, and continue to scrutinise its use and press for its withdrawal.
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PRT comment: deployment of PAVA in the youth custody estate
The government should be careful of normalising the use of weapons by the state against children
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The disproportionate use of PAVA spray in prisons has become “normalised”
New briefing casts doubt on the legality of the use of PAVA spray in prisons
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Questions remain over PAVA spray usage in prisons
We have today written to the prisons minister requesting more information about PAVA use in prisons....
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Preventing the unlawful use of PAVA spray in prisons
The Prison Reform Trust provided expert evidence to an Equality and Human Rights Commission funded c...
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Prison Reform Trust calls on government to reverse PAVA spray roll out
Trust highlights urgent concerns over impact of PAVA spray on BAME prisoners and potential spread of...
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PAVA spray – letter from EQUAL to Lucy Frazer
EQUAL—a National Independent Advisory Group that works collaboratively to address the poorer outco...
