Allegheny County residents voted to ban the use of restraint chairs at the county jail nearly four years ago, but new efforts could seek to overturn the moratorium. Some advocates and corrections ...

The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is ... or cuffed” his wrist and ankles and strapped him to a restraint chair. He died as a pretrial detainee, while tied to a chair ...

In Missouri and Kansas, there is no single oversight body requiring counties or correctional facilities to report the use of ...

A man detained at a West Virginia jail died within hours of booking, according to a recently filed lawsuit, which accuses correctional ... strapped him to a restraint chair. He died as a pretrial ...