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 ...

ST. LOUIS — The family of a man who died in the St. Louis city jail is now suing the city, jail employees and medical providers. Samuel Hayes Jr. died last month, after being strapped to a restraint ...

Warning: The following article includes mentions of self-harm and suicide. Samantha Slecka spent the better part of three days strapped down to a chair in Madison County Jail in the summer of 2022. It ...

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Kenneth Durrah spent the last 40 minutes of his life naked and strapped to a restraint chair in the Campbell County Detention Center. Earlier that evening, EMTs cleared Durrah, who had reported chest ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...

The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., who’s seen in this provided photo, filed a federal lawsuit over his death at the Angelina County Jail in Lufkin, Texas. Attorney Erik Heipt The family of Glenn ...

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 ...