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 ...

While still wearing his orange jumpsuit and shackles, an escaped inmate tried to steal at least one car, Manchester police said.The inmate clad in a Hillsborough County House of Correction jumpsuit ...

FORT WALTON BEACH – An inmate being temporarily housed at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was charged with battery after dragging another inmate around by his shackles. The 38-year-old man was ...

WHEN PATTON GOT OUT OF THE VAN, , HE RAN AWAY. >> HE HAD HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES ON. SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES. CA ROLYN: IT WASN’T SIMPLE. >> THEY’RE NOT DESIGNED TO ...

OLYMPIA — With a signature from Gov. Chris Gregoire and cheers from former inmates, Washington has joined a half-dozen other states in banning shackles on women prisoners during childbirth. The new ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a bill strictly limiting the shackling of pregnant inmates. The Republican-led state Senate passed the legislation by Democratic Sen. Raumesh ...

FRANKLINTON, La. (AP) – Washington Parish deputies have caught an inmate who allegedly slipped out of shackles and jumped from a sheriff’s vehicle after a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As prison officials announce new security measures when transporting inmates, many questions remain about how a convicted murderer could escape his shackles and overpower two ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has limited the use of shackles on more than 500 prisoners who committed serious crimes in a move to conform to international human rights standards. Prime Minister Yingluck ...

A former Jackson County inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing county employees of cruel and unusual punishment for shackling her while she was pregnant and transporting her to a prison more than ...