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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following documentary contains intense footage. The videos are extremely difficult to watch, but necessary to understand what happened. [Click here to watch KMBC 9 Chronicle: Restrained] Sign up ...

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 ...

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