WASHINGTON – In a video circulated last weekend by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, the new inmates of his infamous Terrorism Confinement Center were shackled by the hands and feet and yanked by the ...
Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson asked a Utah judge to swap his shackles and prison garb for civilian clothes in court — arguing that convicted Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger was granted the ...
Prison officials say they try to match compatible cellmates, but ultimately inmates have no control over who shares their cell, even if guards place them with someone who has a violent history, is ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has limited the use of shackles on more than 500 prisoners who committed serious crimes in a move to conform to international human rights standards. Prime Minister Yingluck ...
Allegheny County Council struck down a measure Wednesday night to partly reverse the ban on restraining prisoners with leg shackles. The ordinance, sent to council by Allegheny County Jail corrections ...
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 ...
Court proceedings with defendants in locked cells are the norm in Russia. Courtroom cages are also standard in Egypt and Iraq, and in rare cases, it happens in Western European democracies like France ...