Corrections officers at York County Prison used force on inmates nearly 300 times both last year and in 2021, but that's an improvement from a high of more than 500 just a few years earlier. The ...

A man died hours after being restrained by prison officers on his first night in custody, an inquest has heard. Josh Tarrant, 34, arrived at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on 31 October. He ...

PUEBLO, Colorado — The Colorado Department of Corrections' use of clinical 4-point restraints at state prisons is under scrutiny by a Colorado attorney who contends the practice – which is meant to ...

A former Georgia sheriff convicted of ordering inmates to be held in chair restraints for hours without legal cause was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

When he returned to the prison, he said he was put in restraints for 20 hours, despite having long calmed down and no longer being at risk. “I had asked one correctional officer who was cuffing one of ...