The Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers ...

Madison County Jail faces scrutiny for restraining mentally ill detainees for extended periods, raising severe concerns.

By offering access to bed-chair pressure sensors in hospitalized patients with perceived fall risk, nurses may be less inclined to resort to physical restraints, thereby improving clinical outcomes.

Former Hillsdale County Sheriff's Sergeant Ronald Leggitt has been sentenced to seven days in jail and two years' probation for assaulting an inmate.