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 ...

“A restraint chair is only for the very acute situation. And if you have to restrain someone because there’s violence that cannot be contained any other way, you put them in a restraint chair for a ...

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

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 ...

GOVERNMENT SPENDING. TONIGHT, A KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION IS MAKING AN IMPACT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE TOP AGENCIES THAT TRAINS CORRECTIONS LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL NOW USE KMBC ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The state Ombudsman is warning county jails in Iowa are misusing restraint chairs. It released a report of it’s recommendations for all of Iowa’s jails on Thursday. “I ...

Kansas City, Missouri leaders are in the planning process to build a new detention and rehabilitation facility. That includes creating new policies, training and how to create the right culture for ...

ST. LOUIS (KMBC) — A man’s death over the weekend, after authorities found him unconscious at the St. Louis City Justice Center, marks the 12th death in Missouri linked to a restraint chair or full ...