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 ...
Criminal charges won’t be filed in relation to the 2023 death of a man in York County Prison following prison staff’s use of force, according to the York County District Attorney’s Office. But a York ...
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 screenshot from a video of officers at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., holding an incarcerated person in a four-point restraint. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois) One ...
One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...