Among the allegations in the lawsuit, the American Civil Liberties Union accuses the Garfield County Jail of inmate abuses in the deployment of:* Restraint chairs: Metal, wheeled chairs with ...

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 ...

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.

Two Iowa county jails misused restraint chairs against inmates who were in the throes of a mental health crisis, a new report from the Iowa Office of Ombudsman alleges.Restraint devices that are ...

The following documentary contains intense footage. The videos are extremely difficult to watch, but necessary to understand what happened.The result of a multi-year investigation into the use of ...