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 ...

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, Missouri — When Samuel Hayes died inside the City Justice Center on July 19, he was just weeks away from standing trial for murder. Instead, he died strapped to a restraint chair, and now ...

While the jail has a full-time mental health worker, there’s typically no one to respond to crises in the evenings and over the weekends, which is when people may be restrained longer, Endicott said.

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett ...

This image taken from video released by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office shows law enforcement apprehending Christian Black inside the Montgomery County Jail on March 24, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio. ...

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 ...

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 ...

AGO. A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION WITH IMPACT. OUR LATEST CHRONICLE RESTRAINED, IS GETTING RESULTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JAIL ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE U.S. THE VIDEO THEY’RE WATCHING IS THE SAME ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — The family of a 74-year-old Monroe County man who died last year after being confined for hours in a sheriff's department restraint chair has reached a $1.9 million settlement with ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...