A top law enforcement safety institute is now using findings from a multiyear KMBC 9 News investigation to train officers and ...

DAY WEEKEND. THAT PART OF THE FORECAST COMING UP. WELL, THE NEXT STORY INCLUDES VIDEO THAT’S TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE. A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF RESTRAINT CHAIRS IN ...

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 ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Several Monroe County Sheriff's Office jail employees were suspended or fired over "falsified" records meant to keep track of how they monitored a 74-year-old man confined for ...

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 ...

The jail — which relies heavily on handwritten and paper records — didn’t have any way to easily search for or track restraint-chair use. It also hadn’t been reporting restraint-chair incidents to the ...

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 ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include additional details about the settlement and a statement by Thompson’s family’s lawyer released Tuesday morning Ishmail Thompson, 29, pleaded with ...

A man who, as a teen, was restrained for hours in a restraint chair at the Clayton County Jail three years ago is suing former Sheriff Victor Hill. Chryshon Hollins filed a civil lawsuit in U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Boone County Jail is located along Mamie Eisenhower Avenue in Boone, Iowa. The law enforcement center is pictured on Dec. 20, ...

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