As Crystal Spradlin picked up her 10-year-old at the bus stop in March 2022, she noticed he was limping. She later learned that her son, who has autism, had a broken leg. He could not walk after staff ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania in which officers cannot use leg restraints to secure individuals from jail on a visit to the hospital because of a 2022 referendum. Sheriffs ...

Here is what 308,784 voters saw on the November 2021 ballot, which banned the use of leg restraints in hospital emergency rooms: “Shall the Allegheny Code Chapter 205, Allegheny County Jail be amended ...

Waist and leg restraints were used on asylum seekers being escorted back to France as part of the Government’s “one in, one out” scheme, an inspection has revealed. Records from three removals showed ...

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department authorizes its deputies to use hogtying to detain people. Pierce County Sheriff's Deparmtnet The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department continues to allow deputies ...