NOBODY HURT MORE THAN 50. COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE TAKING ACTION AFTER A GROUNDBREAKING KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION THAT’S GETTING RESULTS AND CREATING CHANGE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES FOUND MORE THAN 100 ...

FOUND MONEY FOR THIS POPULAR PROGRAM. A NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATION AT THE CENTER OF A KMBC NINE CHRONICLE IS GETTING RESULTS. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND JAIL OFFICIALS ARE USING OUR INVESTIGATION TO CHANGE ...

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 jailhouse video shows deputies carrying a man, nearly lifeless, and loading him into the back of a patrol car in north Alabama. Hours later Tony Mitchell was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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 ...

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

Those restraint systems are designed to control inmates' arms, legs and torsos during severe mental health or behavioral problems. Sign up for our Newsletters The following documentary contains ...