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.

NOBODY HURT MORE THAN 50. COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE TAKING ACTION AFTER A GROUNDBREAKING KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION THAT’S GETTING RESULTS AND CREATING CHANGE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES FOUND MORE THAN 100 ...

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 nationwide KMBC 9 News investigation has found 102 people in 29 states who died or reported injuries after law enforcement’s use of restraint chairs or full-body restraints. Those restraint systems ...

The following documentary contains intense footage. The videos are extremely difficult to watch, but necessary to understand what happened. [Click here to watch KMBC 9 Chronicle: Restrained] Sign up ...

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 screenshot from a video of officers at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., holding an incarcerated person in a four-point restraint. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois) One ...

Safety Restraint Chair Inc., which makes the chairs used by many Illinois jails, advises that detainees should not be left in a chair for more than two hours. “This time limit was established to allow ...

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’ ...

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 ...