NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A family in North Texas is still seeking answers a month after a teacher strapped a student to a chair with what was described as a seat belt. The parents in Cedar Hill said ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — A federal jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by ...

Immigrant teens held in U.S. detention centers allege in a new class-action lawsuit that guards restrained them in metal chairs and forced them to wear "spit masks" over their faces, according to The ...

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — 11Alive obtained a video that prompted a federal jury to convict former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill of violating prisoners' rights. This comes days before his scheduled ...

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 ...

A family has filed a lawsuit accusing the city, its jail staff and a jail medical provider of several mistakes leading to a man’s death after his time in a restraint chair. Samuel Hayes Jr., 31, died ...

TAVARES — Concerned about a sister who had struggled with drug abuse and mental illness, Dawn Edgar called from California two years ago to ask a favor of Lake County deputy sheriffs: Please check on ...

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.

KENOSHA, Wis. - Justin Blake says he's still dealing with pain after his arrest and subsequent hold in a restraint chair at the Kenosha County Jail. It happened after Blake and others were protesting ...

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 ...