MINNEAPOLIS—A federal judge has approved a $2.9 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that was filed to end the use of handcuffs and leg irons in state facilities for people with developmental ...

Iowa Ombudsman Bill Angrick is again calling for changes in the use of restraint devices in the state's jails. He criticized the use of restraints in a report issued last year. He renewed his call ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — As law enforcement agencies across the country take a closer look at their use-of-force policies, a death inside the Brevard County Jail is renewing concern about the use of ...

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 ...