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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A nine-month investigation by the Illinois Answers Project found an alarming number of Illinois jails are torturing people using restraining chairs. Some detainees were allegedly ...

FOUND MONEY FOR THIS POPULAR PROGRAM. A NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATION AT THE CENTER OF A KMBC NINE CHRONICLE IS GETTING RESULTS. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND JAIL OFFICIALS ARE USING OUR INVESTIGATION TO CHANGE ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at an alarming rate. While many jails say the chairs are a last ...

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 body restraint system ...

SOLVING PROBLEMS. GETTING RESULTS. HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES A KANSAS CITY FAMILY WANTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO A RECENT DEATH BEHIND ...

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 ...

Three men involved in the restraint chair case that landed former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in a federal prison have filed civil lawsuits against the ex-lawman. Raheem Peterkin, Walter Thomas ...

The Illinois Answers Project is Illinois’ nonpartisan investigations and solutions journalism news organization. It is published by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Better Government Association, Illinois’ ...

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, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

Newman said she immediately contacted Wright, who confirmed a resident at the center had a chair that was used for restraints. Newman ordered Wright to stop using restraint chairs at the facility and ...