DAY WEEKEND. THAT PART OF THE FORECAST COMING UP. WELL, THE NEXT STORY INCLUDES VIDEO THAT’S TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE. A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF RESTRAINT CHAIRS IN ...

THE STRAP IS LOOSE. TASERS ON ME. SIX PEOPLE IN HERE. DUCT TAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE ON A HUMAN. LOCKED UP. STRAPPED DOWN. I’VE NEVER FELT SO VIOLATED. THE RESTRAINT CHAIR IS A WEAPON OF CONTROL.

A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

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 ...

There is a new multimillion-dollar settlement that adds to other big settlements nationwide in KMBC 9’s ongoing RESTRAINED investigation into the use and misuse of restraint chairs. Family and ...

A 2018 restraint chair death led to a $1.5 million legal settlement. The jail has used restraint chairs more than 1,000 times ...

The Illinois Answers Project is Illinois’ nonpartisan investigations and solutions journalism news organization. It is published by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Better Government Association, Illinois’ ...

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 ...