Most drivers treat the padded piece behind their head as an afterthought, a comfort feature that happens to be there if they ...

A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...

The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...

One of the more devastating legal cases Steve Levin has handled involved a nursing home resident who suffocated to death after becoming trapped between a bedrail and their mattress. Levin, a personal ...

Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program. Between December 2024 and January 2025 no physical restraint episodes occurred in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators ...

The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers clasped shackles on their hands and feet, he ...

A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department won’t be banning the use of maximum restraints, sometimes known as hogtying, though it has altered its training on how to use them. The decision comes in the ...

Nearly a year ago, Meghan Folkerson rushed to 16-year-old Cornelius Frederick as he lay unconscious on the floor of the cafeteria at Lakeside Academy, a residential treatment center for at-risk youth ...

JoAnna Holton’s son struggled with his new school environment when he started Kindergarten at Jamison Elementary School in the Central Bucks School District last year. “Hitting himself,” said the mom ...