Allegheny County residents voted to ban the use of restraint chairs at the county jail nearly four years ago, but new efforts could seek to overturn the moratorium. Some advocates and corrections ...
Two teachers have been charged, accused of taping a student with Down syndrome to a chair inside ... charged with unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor of the third degree. Court documents state ...
The court cited its April 2024 decision to uphold Hill’s conviction on charges he violated the civil rights of Howell and other jail detainees by forcing them into restraint chairs.