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.

Two sheriff’s deputies stood over a man they had just brought into the Newton County jail’s detox cell 10 minutes earlier.Forrest Stockton was breathing heavily, flailing his head back and forth, as ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed “I can’t breathe” as he was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.2 million dollars with the family of a 21 year old man who died after being placed in a restraint chair in the jail.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

Jackson County, Missouri, has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the parents of Marquis Wagner. Wagner, 21, died in custody after losing consciousness in a restraint chair. Wagner, who had a ...

Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at a candidate forum in Rex, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2012. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) ATLANTA (CN) — An Atlanta-area sheriff ...

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