Two sheriff’s deputies stood over a man they had just brought into the Newton County jail’s detox cell 10 minutes earlier.Forrest Stockton was breathing heavily, flailing his head back and forth, as ...
ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES. WE’RE REVIEWING A NEW CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST A MISSOURI SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR ITS USE OF A RESTRAINT CHAIR. IT’S THE SAME PLACE THAT HOUSES INMATES FROM ...
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 ...
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Ex-sheriff accused of keeping man in restraint chair for hours in case called 'cruel and unusual'
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Elijah Lester Isbill sat disoriented behind the wheel of his vehicle as deputies showed up to a parking lot of a Madisonville financial office in February. Isbill could not answer the correct year. He ...
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 ...
Desmond Bailey still bears the scars — physically and mentally — from the hours he spent in a restraint chair two years ago in the Clayton County Jail. He showed the physical scars on Tuesday to a ...
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at a candidate forum in Rex, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2012. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) ATLANTA (CN) — An Atlanta-area sheriff ...
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 ...
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