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Harppa is recalling about 4,300 of its 5-in-1 convertible high chairs for babies and toddlers sold across the U.S. due to serious safety hazards that could result in injury or death. According to a ...

There is a new multimillion-dollar settlement that adds to other big settlements nationwide in KMBC 9’s ongoing RESTRAINED investigation into the use and misuse of restraint chairs. Family and ...

ST. LOUIS (KMBC) — A man’s death over the weekend, after authorities found him unconscious at the St. Louis City Justice Center, marks the 12th death in Missouri linked to a restraint chair or full ...

A man who died while in custody at the Montgomery County Jail on March 24 likely died of positional asphyxia, Sheriff Rob Streck said in a statement. That’s according to a preliminary report from the ...

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 ...

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 ...