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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A new report from The Iowa Office of Ombudsman says staff at two county jails misused restraint chairs for inmates, some of whom were in a mental health crisis. Now, the ...

LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) - Officials say a Kentucky jail inmate is dead after he was found unresponsive in a restraint chair. The Advocate-Messenger reports that Casey County Coroner Curt Demrow says 34-year ...

State correctional officials should tighten their requirements for restraining unruly jail inmates and improve help for those with mental illness to stem potentially abusive use of the restraints in ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A report released Thursday by the Iowa Office of Ombudsman has revealed the misuse of restraint chairs in two north-central Iowa county jails. The report highlights violations of ...