ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES. WE’RE REVIEWING A NEW CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST A MISSOURI SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR ITS USE OF A RESTRAINT CHAIR. IT’S THE SAME PLACE THAT HOUSES INMATES FROM ...

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 ...

McHENRY, Ill. – Vernon L. Brooks Jr. was distraught. Forced into a chair in a jail cell with a black mesh hood over his head, he panicked as he felt officers tighten straps like tourniquets around his ...

CONVERSATIONS. THE GUEST HE WELCOMED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. WELL, LATER THIS MONTH, KMBC NINE NEWS WILL DEBUT A NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF FULL BODY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BY LAW ...

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 ...

A man who, as a teen, was restrained for hours in a restraint chair at the Clayton County Jail three years ago is suing former Sheriff Victor Hill. Chryshon Hollins filed a civil lawsuit in U.S.

ST. LOUIS — There are renewed demands for answers surrounding the death of a detainee at the St. Louis City Justice Center, just weeks before he was set to stand trial for murder. According to the St.

Guards inside in the Walker County Jail, a north Alabama facility at the center of recent claims that an inmate died of hypothermia, were already facing a separate suit over allegations they assaulted ...

Jaye Taueli died in August 2021, after thrashing his head back and forth, and later losing consciousness.

The York County coroner’s office on Monday released the cause and manner of death for a man who died while incarcerated three years ago after jail guards used repeated force on him. Haywood D. Dixon ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

BISMARCK - A 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and ADHD is found with unexplained bruises after being strapped in a wooden “restraint chair” in a North Dakota public school. An 11-year-old boy with ...