STAT

Black people are more likely to be physically restrained in emergency rooms, study finds

In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using ...
Grand Forks Herald

North Dakota children sat on, strapped into restraint chairs, confined to storage room, reports say

BISMARCK - A 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and ADHD is found with unexplained bruises after being strapped in a wooden “restraint chair” in a North Dakota public school. An 11-year-old boy with ...

Seclusion rooms, restraints used with little documentation in N.B. psych hospital

The 66-page report is based on a nearly two-year investigation by Marie-France Pelletier, who is an independent officer of ...

ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

When they asked to speak to their attorney, he said, the officers refused and straitjacketed the already-shackled men in full ...
KTVZ

Judge rejects defense request to toss indictment in Bend baseball-bat attack over leg restraint, 2 deputies in grand jury room

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Deschutes County judge on Monday rejected a defense request to throw out the indictment of a Bend man accused of attempted murder in an August baseball-bat attack on his roommate ...