Police have defended their use of a clear mesh bag known as a spit mask or spit hood on a combative 12-year-old boy as irate bystanders videotaped the tense encounter in Sacramento while objecting ...

A Seattle Times investigation found medical staff in dozens of states have used spit hoods alongside restraints and sedatives on mental health patients,a practice linked to distress, suffocation and ...

The federal government doesn’t monitor spit hood use at psychiatric facilities. States, national medical organizations and accrediting agencies don’t either.

NEW YORK (AP) — Not five minutes after police slipped a “spit hood” over Daniel Prude’s head, the 41-year-old Black man went limp. A week later, he was taken off life support. Prude’s suffocation in ...

Research on the use of spit hoods in real-world scenarios, like when someone is under arrest or being restrained in a medical ...