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 ...

Allegheny County Council struck down a measure Wednesday night to partly reverse the ban on restraining prisoners with leg ...

PITTSBURGH — Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail are pushing to bring back the use of leg shackles during hospital visits. The restraints were banned as part of a ballot referendum in ...

Bexar County jail leadership was informed that an inmate had the use of his legs and was likely manipulating the system more ...

The correctional officers' union at the Allegheny County Jail wants to reinstate leg shackles for hospital transports. "We've had officers kicked in the head trying to restrain somebody. They've ...

Francisco Garcia had nothing to lose. Convicted of attempted murder and other crimes, a life in prison loomed ahead.