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 ...

A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a Montgomery County, Ohio, jail restraint chair. Family and attorneys for ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - While the nation is focused on the deadly use of police force in plain sight on our streets, a restrictive device called the restraint chair is used every day inside our jails and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

A Georgia sheriff has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, including charges that he approved a policy to use chair restraints. Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill faces four charges that he ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Bodycam, 911 recordings, incident reports and cruiser, jail surveillance and cellphone video capture the last tormented hours of Lester Isbill’s life. WBIR has gathered the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County will pay a ...

An Ames woman was charged with assault on a peace officer after she allegedly pulled her left arm out of a restraint chair strap and struck a deputy in the face. According to court documents, ...

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 ...

Jackson County, Missouri, has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the parents of Marquis Wagner. Wagner, 21, died in custody after losing consciousness in a restraint chair. Wagner, who had a ...

A Georgia sheriff is facing civil rights charges for ordering detainees to be strapped to restraint chairs for hours on end — despite the fact they did not pose any danger to deputies, prosecutors ...