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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — There are renewed demands for answers surrounding the death of a detainee at the St. Louis City Justice Center, just weeks before he was set to stand trial for murder. According to the St.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Humane restraint - that's the idea behind chairs designed to subdue violent or disruptive inmates without injury. They often work as intended. But they are not without risk. A ...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Justin Blake says he's still dealing with pain after his arrest and subsequent hold in a restraint chair at the Kenosha County Jail. It happened after Blake and others were protesting ...

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 ...