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 ...

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 ...

THE STRAP IS LOOSE. TASERS ON ME. SIX PEOPLE IN HERE. DUCT TAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE ON A HUMAN. LOCKED UP. STRAPPED DOWN. I’VE NEVER FELT SO VIOLATED. THE RESTRAINT CHAIR IS A WEAPON OF CONTROL.

A former Georgia sheriff convicted of ordering inmates to be held in chair restraints for hours without legal cause was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

In a federal courtroom in Atlanta, a former Georgia sheriff is back in the hot seat. According to WSB-TV investigative reporter Mark Winne, a jury has now been seated in a civil rights lawsuit ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Guards inside in the Walker County Jail, a north Alabama facility at the center of recent claims that an inmate died of hypothermia, were already facing a separate suit over allegations they assaulted ...

ST. LOUIS — The family of a man who died in the St. Louis city jail is now suing the city, jail employees and medical providers. Samuel Hayes Jr. died last month, after being strapped to a restraint ...