Court documents obtained by KTSM show the type of living conditions a 15-year-old boy was facing after his adoptive parents ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office released details after a 74-year-old died after being held in a restraint chair, seeking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...