PITTSBURGH — 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 ...

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, ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has banned the use of shackles for transporting youth in their care after two teenagers who were being driven from a shelter in Chicago were ...

An effort to overturn a voter-approved ban on the use of leg-shackles and other equipment at Allegheny County Jail took a small step forward Tuesday — despite warnings from some officials that the ...

In courtrooms across the state, some juveniles are ordered to wear shackles around their wrists and ankles while appearing before a judge, even when they are charged with low-level crimes and have no ...

PORT ANGELES — The shackling of jail inmates accused or charged with offenses in Clallam County Superior Court has been affirmed by Judge Erik Rohrer. Rohrer issued his Jan. 20 ruling in a six-page ...