The York County coroner’s office on Monday released the cause and manner of death for a man who died while incarcerated three years ago after jail guards used repeated force on him. Haywood D. Dixon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of an autistic 19-year-old man who died after his time in the Montgomery County Jail is suing the county and the ...

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 federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

Campbell County has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who spent the last 16 hours of her life strapped to a chair at the county jail. Officials agreed to settle the wrongful death ...

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.

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 ...

AND CANNOT RUN AGAIN NEXT YEAR. KMBC NINE NEWS IS INVESTIGATING HOW A MAN DIED FROM BEING IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR IN SAINT LOUIS OVER THE WEEKEND. AND OUR RESEARCH SHOWS IT IS THE 12TH PERSON IN FULL ...

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 ...