Most of us know what it feels like to be ill and frightened. Now imagine being held down by the very people responsible for ...
IntroductionIn this article, we will share the background behind the "zero physical restraint" policy upheld by the Taiseikai ...
Christa Pike has returned to prison after surviving Tennessee's failed lethal injection. Here's what happens next—and whether ...
Death row inmate Christa Pike had her handcuffs removed in hospital after surviving a botched Tennessee execution, though one ...
A Marion County Grand Jury found Oregon State Hospital's inadequate staffing levels create unsafe conditions for both staff ...
At Connecticut’s only psychiatric hospital for children, some patients who are well enough to leave stay anyway. One staff ...
A man being held in Sangamon County Jail in the fall of 2024 mixed in with a group getting processed for release and walked out in broad daylight, spurring a brief manhunt. The following May, two ...
Thousands of "extraordinary or unusual occurrences" are reported in Illinois county jails each year. A state monitoring unit reviews only a small fraction of these reported incidents. An investigation ...
At least ten Illinois county jails that weren’t reporting their use of restraint chairs to a state monitoring unit began doing so after an Illinois Answers Project investigation revealed jails were ...