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 ...

An effort to overturn a voter-approved ban on the use of leg-shackles and other equipment at Allegheny County Jail took a small step forward Tuesday — despite warnings from some officials that the ...

When Allegheny County voters approved a referendum in 2021 eliminating the use of solitary confinement at the county jail, they also barred use of leg shackles by corrections officers there. As a ...

Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail and their supporters are forging ahead with an effort to overturn parts of a ban on the use of leg-shackles and other restraints. But opponents warn ...

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 ...

Here is what 308,784 voters saw on the November 2021 ballot, which banned the use of leg restraints in hospital emergency rooms: “Shall the Allegheny Code Chapter 205, Allegheny County Jail be amended ...

Metropolitan Police helped Marion County Sheriff's Office search for an 'escaped prisoner' near the Community Justice Center.