Campbell County has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who spent the last 16 hours of her life strapped to a chair at the county jail. Officials agreed to settle the wrongful death ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In a federal courtroom in Atlanta, a former Georgia sheriff is back in the hot seat. According to WSB-TV investigative reporter Mark Winne, a jury has now been seated in a civil rights lawsuit ...