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 ...

DAY WEEKEND. THAT PART OF THE FORECAST COMING UP. WELL, THE NEXT STORY INCLUDES VIDEO THAT’S TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE. A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF RESTRAINT CHAIRS IN ...

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 ...

You're never going to win… Bottom line is the house wins every time. That's what Maine Correctional Center Captain Shawn Welch said to a prisoner who was strapped into a restraint chair, his face ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a ...

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 ...