Is your safety in jeopardy because of a restraint device jail guards are no longer allowed to use in one county? It all has to do with the ban on leg shackles during hospital visits by inmates and ...

Allegheny County Council is poised to consider rescinding a ban on the use of leg shackles on prisoners at the Allegheny County Jail. And whether or not officials want to debate the contentious issue, ...

When Allegheny County voters approved a referendum in 2021 eliminating the use of solitary confinement at the county jail, they also barred use of leg shackles by corrections officers there. As a ...

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to limits on the use of leg shackles and other restraints at the Allegheny ...

The correctional officers' union at the Allegheny County Jail wants to reinstate leg shackles for hospital transports. "We've had officers kicked in the head trying to restrain somebody. They've ...

BEDFORD, Pa. (AP)-- A fired guard must spend 45 days in jail for placing freezing shackles on a female inmate after she previously complained about how cold the metal restraints could be. Bedford ...

[Noozhawk’s note: This is the first in a series of stories examining Santa Barbara County’s custody operations. The county jail and substations, inmate services programs and Los Prietos Boys Camp are ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Investigators say an inmate accused of shooting two deputies, killing one, in an Iowa jail escape somehow managed to unlock his shackles inside a transport van. Court records ...

This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one. For nearly 38 years, every time Fred Clay left prison for a court hearing, a medical visit or one of his transfers between five Massachusetts ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - A family close to the Bundys harmonized on religious songs in the lobby of the federal courthouse while a handful of the erstwhile Oregon militia challenged the dissonance of ...