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 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A vigil is being held today for Sammy Hayes ...

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — When Samuel Hayes died inside the City Justice Center on July 19, he was just weeks away from standing trial for murder. Instead, he died strapped to a restraint chair, and now ...

LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) - Officials say a Kentucky jail inmate is dead after he was found unresponsive in a restraint chair. The Advocate-Messenger reports that Casey County Coroner Curt Demrow says 34-year ...

FLEENER SHOWS US THE UPDATE. THIS LAWSUIT, FILED EARLIER THIS MONTH, DETAILS HOW SAM HAYS JUNIOR DIED AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR. IT HAPPENED IN SAINT LOUIS AT THE CITY ...

A top law enforcement safety institute is now using findings from a multiyear KMBC 9 News investigation to train officers and deputies across the country and the world.

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 ...

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 ...