Safety Restraint Chair Inc., which makes the chairs used by many Illinois jails, advises that detainees should not be left in a chair for more than two hours. “This time limit was established to allow ...

The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., who’s seen in this provided photo, filed a federal lawsuit over his death at the Angelina County Jail in Lufkin, Texas. Attorney Erik Heipt The family of Glenn ...

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 ...

Jackson County will spend $1.2 million to settle its part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a 21-year-old man with “mental health concerns” who died in a restraint chair two years ...

The York County coroner’s office on Monday released the cause and manner of death for a man who died while incarcerated three years ago after jail guards used repeated force on him. Haywood D. Dixon ...

FLEENER SHOWS US THE UPDATE. THIS LAWSUIT, FILED EARLIER THIS MONTH, DETAILS HOW SAM HAYS JUNIOR DIED AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR. IT HAPPENED IN SAINT LOUIS AT THE CITY ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...

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 ...

Guards inside in the Walker County Jail, a north Alabama facility at the center of recent claims that an inmate died of hypothermia, were already facing a separate suit over allegations they assaulted ...