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 ...
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 ...
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’ ...
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (KMBC) — Elijah Lester Isbill sat disoriented behind the wheel of his vehicle as deputies showed up to a parking lot of a Madisonville financial office in February. Isbill could ...
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 ...
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 ...
A 2018 restraint chair death led to a $1.5 million legal settlement. The jail has used restraint chairs more than 1,000 times ...
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 ...