“In many of these cases the use of force or irritants would not pass the tests of being last resort, necessary, least force necessary, safe, or justifiable.” Of the 24 incidents, 23 took place in ARWCF. Several incidents took place when women were inside their cell, some aided by a ‘cell buster’, a device which helps to disperse the pepper gas inside the cell. The U.S. based manufacturer of the device, ‘Sabre’, boasts in their catalogue that their products ‘make grown up men cry since 1975’.53 The Cell Buster, according to the catalogue, will: “Reduce the need for “Hard Entries”! Cell Buster’s High Pressure Fog Delivery does not require direct facial contact to incapacitate. Specifically designed to permit passive entries into cells, rooms, attics, storage areas, and buildings, Cell Buster will deploy OC underneath doors or through windows, food slots and vents”.54 One woman, who was sprayed inside her cell with pepper gas dispersed using a ‘cell buster’, described the experience: “They spray into your room like it’s a shower. You don’t know what’s going on. It just keeps coming.” An asthma sufferer, she added: “Your main thing is to try and breathe, until you start spewing, pleading with them to decontaminate”. One woman noted that prior to the introduction of pepper gas spray, “They used to try and de-escalate situations before restraining you. They let you mellow out, leave you. Now they are trigger happy with their pepper spray, that’s how they roll here”. This description is backed by staff-recorded incident reports, for example: “After hours incident in the Separates unit. Prisoner xx activates her sprinkler. Staff attend to re-divert the water flow and clean up. Security PCO attends the area to assess the situation. PCO speaks to the prisoner to discuss relocation. The prisoner’s demeanour is verbally aggressive and also showing signs of physical aggressive stance. Approval is gained for an organised C&R [Control & Restraint) take out. The On Call Manager attends the site. At about 23.00 hours or there abouts the team deploy the MK9 (Cell 53 https://www.sabrered.com/tactical-pepper-spray 54 https://copsproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2019-SABRE-Law-Enforcement-Catalog.pdf 51