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Travis Braden settled his civil rights case with Williamson County for $27,500 after he was restrained in a chair for days — ...

Madison County’s own restraint chair policy includes instructions from Safety Restraint Chair Inc., which makes the chairs used by many Illinois jails. The instructions say detainees should not be ...

MISSOURI. KANSAS CITY’S NEWS LEADER KMBC NINE NEWS NATIONWIDE. KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION IS SAVING LIVES. TONIGHT, A TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CREATING A BRAND NEW TRAINING BASED ON FINDINGS FROM ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — When Samuel Hayes died inside the City Justice Center on July 19, he was just weeks away from standing trial for murder. Instead, he died strapped to a restraint chair, and now ...

Those restraint systems are designed to control inmates' arms, legs and torsos during severe mental health or behavioral problems. Sign up for our Newsletters The following documentary contains ...

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MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (KMBC) — Elijah Lester Isbill sat disoriented behind the wheel of his vehicle as deputies showed up to a parking lot of a Madisonville financial office in February. Isbill could ...

A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail and their supporters are seeking to overturn provisions of a voter-approved ban on the use of leg-shackles and other equipment. And they plan to do so ...