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 ...

A man who, as a teen, was restrained for hours in a restraint chair at the Clayton County Jail three years ago is suing former Sheriff Victor Hill. Chryshon Hollins filed a civil lawsuit in U.S.

Jaye Taueli died in August 2021, after thrashing his head back and forth, and later losing consciousness.

An Ohio family is pushing for updated nationwide training for corrections officers on how those officers treat individuals with types of neurodivergence like autism. Isaiah Trammell’s story has now ...

AND CANNOT RUN AGAIN NEXT YEAR. KMBC NINE NEWS IS INVESTIGATING HOW A MAN DIED FROM BEING IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR IN SAINT LOUIS OVER THE WEEKEND. AND OUR RESEARCH SHOWS IT IS THE 12TH PERSON IN FULL ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A nine-month investigation by the Illinois Answers Project found an alarming number of Illinois jails are torturing people using restraining chairs. Some detainees were allegedly ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...

The recently appointed chair of the Templeton Area Advisory Group — or TAAG — was taken into custody in court on Friday after San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Erin Childs found that he ...

ST. LOUIS (KMBC) — A man’s death over the weekend, after authorities found him unconscious at the St. Louis City Justice Center, marks the 12th death in Missouri linked to a restraint chair or full ...