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 ...

FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECALL ARGUMENT. TONIGHT, WE CONTINUE A NATIONWIDE KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION THAT IS GETTING RESULTS. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE MISUSE OF RESTRAINTS INSIDE ...

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 ...

FOUND MONEY FOR THIS POPULAR PROGRAM. A NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATION AT THE CENTER OF A KMBC NINE CHRONICLE IS GETTING RESULTS. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND JAIL OFFICIALS ARE USING OUR INVESTIGATION TO CHANGE ...

ST. LOUIS (KMBC) — A man’s death over the weekend, after authorities found him unconscious at the St. Louis City Justice Center, marks the 12th death in Missouri linked to a restraint chair or full ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A new report from The Iowa Office of Ombudsman says staff at two county jails misused restraint chairs for inmates, some of whom were in a mental health crisis. Now, the ...

As of early Friday evening the family of the deceased, Samuel Hayes Jr., say they have not heard any further information from the City jail about their son's death. Hayes Jr. died Saturday after being ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (KMBC) — 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 ...