American Bolt and Screw has issued a voluntary recall of tip-over restraint kits distributed with Canyon Furniture clothing storage units. These kits include a plastic zip tie that may become ...

A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF RESTRAINT CHAIRS IN JAILS AND PRISONS IS GETTING THE ATTENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLEENER IDENTIFIES A PATTERN ...

The restraint chair, leg shackles and pepper spray have “never been used in a way that increases public safety, only … as a form of punishment,” she said. Data shows no increase in escape ...

A new report from the Iowa ombudsman accuses two jails of using restraint chairs to confine inmates for long periods, sometimes for punishment. The Iowa Office of Ombudsman investigated four inmate ...

Human rights groups have long decried the use of restraint chairs in American jails and prisons, where they say the device is prone to misuse and abuse that is akin to torture. The Illinois County ...

Allegheny County residents voted to ban the use of restraint chairs at the county jail nearly four years ago, but new efforts could seek to overturn the moratorium. Some advocates and corrections ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at an alarming rate. While many jails say the chairs are a last ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A report released Thursday by the Iowa Office of Ombudsman has revealed the misuse of restraint chairs in two north-central Iowa county jails. The report highlights violations ...