NINE NEWS. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A NATIONWIDE KMBC NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION. THERE’S A NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN A CASE INVOLVING THE USE OF A RESTRAINT CHAIR THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER ...

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 ...

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 ...

As of early Friday evening the family of the deceased, Samuel Hayes Jr., say they have not heard any further information from the City jail about their son's death. Hayes Jr. died Saturday after being ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man who, as a teen, was restrained for hours in a restraint chair at the Clayton County Jail three years ago is suing former Sheriff Victor Hill. Chryshon Hollins filed a civil lawsuit in U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania where a restraint chair is not being used because of a 2021 referendum. The restraint chair allows officers to transport residents without ...

The recently appointed chair of the Templeton Area Advisory Group — or TAAG — was taken into custody in court on Friday after San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Erin Childs found that he ...