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 agreement has been hammered out to address safety concerns raised by Allegheny County corrections officers transporting ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Federal authorities will limit the use of shackles on immigrants who appear before immigration judges under a settlement of a class-action lawsuit approved Thursday. U.S.

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said the agreement is meant to improve public safety while still complying with a ...

The use of restraints on pregnant inmates being transported to medical appointments or between correctional facilities will be prohibited under a new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The ...

With its large shackle and patented Diamond coating, the Kryptonite New York Lock Diamond Standard is a heavy duty D-lock ...

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 2021. Officers ...

NEW YORK -- Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday signed into law a bill that largely bans the use of restraints on inmates during childbirth, making New York the sixth state in the country to do so, a ...