Safety Restraint Chair Inc., which makes the chairs used by many Illinois jails, advises that detainees should not be left in a chair for more than two hours. “This time limit was established to allow ...

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 ...

NOBODY HURT MORE THAN 50. COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE TAKING ACTION AFTER A GROUNDBREAKING KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION THAT’S GETTING RESULTS AND CREATING CHANGE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES FOUND MORE THAN 100 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has released a statement after the death of a 74-year-old man who was restrained and hooded by jail personnel for more than nine hours in the ...