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 ...

An inmate at HMP Elmley prison has died following what officials describe as a “restraint-related” incident. Azroy Dawes-Clarke was being held at the facility located on the Isle of Sheppey when 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 ...

Voters need to be aware of a serious matter regarding emergency rooms and the need to provide security. There have been three critical incidents this year where an individual from the Allegheny County ...

A screenshot from a video of officers at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., holding an incarcerated person in a four-point restraint. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois) One ...

Here is what 308,784 voters saw on the November 2021 ballot, which banned the use of leg restraints in hospital emergency rooms: “Shall the Allegheny Code Chapter 205, Allegheny County Jail be amended ...

Two Iowa county jails misused restraint chairs against inmates who were in the throes of a mental health crisis, a new report from the Iowa Office of Ombudsman alleges. Restraint devices that are ...

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 ...