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 ...

Allegheny County Council is poised to consider rescinding a ban on the use of leg shackles on prisoners at the Allegheny County Jail. And whether or not officials want to debate the contentious issue, ...

Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail and their supporters are forging ahead with an effort to overturn parts of a ban on the use of leg-shackles and other restraints. But opponents warn ...

Allegheny County Jail corrections officers may be allowed to use leg shackles when taking incarcerated people to medical appointments if county council approves a measure repealing a portion of the ...

The correctional officers' union at the Allegheny County Jail wants to reinstate leg shackles for hospital transports. "We've had officers kicked in the head trying to restrain somebody. They've ...

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 ...