Pitchess Detention Center in California is using a new device to control and maintain order within the Los Angeles County jail. An experimental technology that was studied by the National Institute of Justice, the Raytheon's Assault Intervention Device focuses invisible heat energy on inmates that may be misbehaving or causing disorder. The apparatus, about seven-and-a-half feet tall, does not do any damage. It does, however, cause a heating sensation in a CD-ROM-sized area equal to that of quickly opening a hot oven and has a range of 80-100 feet. Pain stops when the combatants move away from the direction of the beam. The "pain ray" is controlled by a joystick and a camera mounted directly on the ray. Officials believe the pain ray should help break up unruly fights and keep deputies away from harm's way because its blast can be issued from a greater distance than Tasers.
-compiled by Fiza Hashmi
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