MISSOURI. KANSAS CITY’S NEWS LEADER KMBC NINE NEWS NATIONWIDE. KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION IS SAVING LIVES. TONIGHT, A TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CREATING A BRAND NEW TRAINING BASED ON FINDINGS 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 ...

Madison County’s own restraint chair policy includes instructions from Safety Restraint Chair Inc., which makes the chairs used by many Illinois jails. The instructions say detainees should not be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail and their supporters are seeking to overturn provisions of a voter-approved ban on the use of leg-shackles and other equipment. And they plan to do so ...