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A former Georgia sheriff convicted of ordering inmates to be held in chair restraints for hours without legal cause was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

When he returned to the prison, he said he was put in restraints for 20 hours, despite having long calmed down and no longer being at risk. “I had asked one correctional officer who was cuffing one of ...

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in... One person died in federal prison after being kept in ...