Critics of spit hoods consider the devices dehumanizing…. And in some cases, dangerous. A new investigation from The Seattle Times looks at how they're used in medical settings.

Shortly before Daniel Prude lost consciousness while police in Rochester, New York, held him down, one of the officers had pulled a white hood from his pocket and slipped it over Prude’s head. The ...

Many medical facilities across the U.S. use hoods on psychiatric patients to block them from spitting. Experts say the ...