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 restraint chair is only for the very acute situation. And if you have to restrain someone because there’s violence that cannot be contained any other way, you put them in a restraint chair for a ...
A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a Montgomery County, Ohio, jail restraint chair. Family and attorneys for ...
KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES A GROUNDBREAKING KMBC NINE INVESTIGATION IS FORCING CHANGES IN JAILS AND PRISONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR RECENT KMBC NINE CHRONICLE RESTRAINT FOUND MORE THAN 100 DEATHS AND ...
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 ...
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 ...
Allegheny County residents voted to ban the use of restraint chairs at the county jail nearly four years ago, but new efforts could seek to overturn the moratorium. Some advocates and corrections ...
Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill must face an excessive force lawsuit filed by a former jail detainee whose placement in a restraint chair led in part to Hill’s criminal conviction and prison ...
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Inmate claims he was left in restraint chair for nearly 6 hours without bathroom access
A new lawsuit filed this week highlights an inmate’s concerns about his time in a restraint chair. Dominique Kee filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, ...
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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