Overall, the rate of assaults on guards more than doubled between 2015 and 2018, though slowed slightly in the past year, according to an analysis of data released by the Probation Department under the California Public Records Act.
, prompting public comments by several officers about the conditions inside the facilities, where access by outsiders is strictly controlled. The officers said they needed the spray — which advocacy groups say is inhumane for subduing unruly juvenile detainees.“Over the past three years, I’ve noticed an increase in violence,” said Ricardo Garcia, a detention service officer with the county for a decade.
“We’re overwhelmed,” said Thomas Holland, another detention officer. “We need help, and pepper spray needs to stay.”After hearing from youth justice groups, the board asked Probation Department officials to craft a plan to phase out the spray — as numerous other states have done — by the end of the year, and to develop ideas for new disciplinary solutions.
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