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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NINE NEWS. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A NATIONWIDE KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION. THERE’S A NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN A CASE INVOLVING THE USE OF A RESTRAINT CHAIR THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The state Ombudsman is warning county jails in Iowa are misusing restraint chairs. It released a report of it’s recommendations for all of Iowa’s jails on Thursday. “I ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...