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 ...

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.

Three men involved in the restraint chair case that landed former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in a federal prison have filed civil lawsuits against the ex-lawman. Raheem Peterkin, Walter Thomas ...

SOLVING PROBLEMS. GETTING RESULTS. HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES A KANSAS CITY FAMILY WANTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO A RECENT DEATH BEHIND ...

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 ...

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’ ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A nine-month investigation by the Illinois Answers Project found an alarming number of Illinois jails are torturing people using restraining chairs. Some detainees were allegedly ...

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 ...

An Ohio family is pushing for updated nationwide training for corrections officers on how those officers treat individuals with types of neurodivergence like autism. Isaiah Trammell’s story has now ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at an alarming rate. While many jails say the chairs are a last ...

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 body restraint system ...

An Illinois Answers Project investigation into the use of restraint chairs in county jails raised questions about how Champaign County documents, tracks and reports use of the devices. Now, the ...