'For nine years, it was just me and my son, no one else. They had always been close, said Busbee, who raised Briggs in West Philadelphia. is typically less harmful than some other applications of physical force.'Д«ack in 2019, when Briggs was subjected to the spray, his mother had no idea of the peril. Purchase orders show the department's collection of so-called less lethal chemical munitions include grenade-like pepper balls projectiles filled with powdered chemical agents high-volume fogging devices such as an exterminator might use and crowd-control sprays designed to deliver streams of blisteringly strong pepper spray from up to 30 feet away.Д«ivens said that uses of pepper spray and other types of force 'are always viewed as serious matters within a correctional setting and are constantly reviewed to see if the use was appropriate or if a lesser use of force could have been applied. 'It is now the go-to tool of guards now they have it in their possession.' people with mental-health issues demanding medication,' said Robert 'Saleem' Holbrook, the executive director of Abolitionist Law Center who was himself incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons for two decades. 'It became routine, not just to break up fights but someone refusing to go into their cell, refusing to get off the phone. Since then, usage has grown widespread: Chemical munitions have been used in about 120 incidents monthly, according to Department of Corrections data from 20 obtained by The Inquirer. Pennsylvania lawmakers quickly passed their own version of that law, requiring all state corrections officers to be issued pepper spray. A study found the spray enabled officers to contain incidents more quickly while reducing the officers' risk of injury. It was authorized for use in federal prisons in 2016 after an officer, Eric Williams, was killed by a prisoner at the federal prison in Waymart, Pa. Nationally, at least five men have died in prisons and jails in the last two years after being doused with pepper spray, a weapon that has become commonplace in correctional settings. Department of Corrections press secretary Maria Bivens said subsequent personnel actions are 'not public information,' but added that 'involved security and medical staff members received discipline up to and including termination.' Thirteen staff were suspended in connection with Briggs' November 2019 death. 'This is very significant that justice is served in a great way, not monetarily but through the system and changing their laws,' she said. Shaleda Busbee holds a photo collage of her son, Tyrone Briggs.

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