THE STRAP IS LOOSE. TASERS ON ME. SIX PEOPLE IN HERE. DUCT TAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE ON A HUMAN. LOCKED UP. STRAPPED DOWN. I’VE NEVER FELT SO VIOLATED. THE RESTRAINT CHAIR IS A WEAPON OF CONTROL.
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 ...
DAY WEEKEND. THAT PART OF THE FORECAST COMING UP. WELL, THE NEXT STORY INCLUDES VIDEO THAT’S TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE. A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF RESTRAINT CHAIRS IN ...
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 ...
A nationwide KMBC 9 News investigation has found 102 people in 29 states who died or reported injuries after law enforcement’s use of restraint chairs or full-body restraints. Those restraint systems ...
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 ...
In a federal courtroom in Atlanta, a former Georgia sheriff is back in the hot seat. According to WSB-TV investigative reporter Mark Winne, a jury has now been seated in a civil rights lawsuit ...
An Illinois Answers Project investigation into the use of restraint chairs in county jails raised questions about how Champaign County documents, tracks and reports use of the devices. Now, the ...