THE STRAP IS LOOSE. TASERS ON ME. SIX PEOPLE IN HERE. DUCT TAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE ON A HUMAN. LOCKED UP. STRAPPED DOWN. I’VE NEVER FELT SO VIOLATED. THE RESTRAINT CHAIR IS A WEAPON OF CONTROL.

A 74-year-old man’s death was “complicated by dehydration and restraint” after he spent more than nine hours in a restraint chair, according to an amended autopsy report filed last week. Five Monroe ...

A nationwide KMBC 9 News investigation has found 102 people in 29 states who died or reported injuries after law enforcement’s use of restraint chairs or full-body restraints. Those restraint systems ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has concluded its investigation into the death of a man after he was placed in a restraint chair while in Monroe County custody in ...

Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill must face an excessive force lawsuit filed by a former jail detainee whose placement in a restraint chair led in part to Hill’s criminal conviction and prison ...

DAYTON, Ohio — The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio jail said Monday that the deputies who piled on him stood by for several minutes without trying to save his life after he ...

ST. LOUIS – The family of a man who died in the St. Louis City Justice Center last month is suing the city, CJC employees, the jail’s medical provider and select employees. The St. Louis Metropolitan ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — Seven people — including two jail nurses, a sergeant, two corporals and two correctional officers — have been indicted in connection with the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill, ...

ST. LOUIS — There are renewed demands for answers surrounding the death of a detainee at the St. Louis City Justice Center, just weeks before he was set to stand trial for murder. According to the St.