The great escape of an 'extremely dangerous' prisoner who fled a psychiatric ward while fully shackled has come to a sticky end after he was found almost completely submerged in a swamp. Dramatic ...

Chains rattle lightly, clinking and jangling, as an inmate walks. A waist shackle, also called a “belly chain,” loops around his or her hips, locking into handcuffs in front of the body. Going back to ...

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has begun fitting all court-bound inmates with shackles binding their arms to their bellies, sparking complaints of inhumane treatment from the Public Defender’s ...

The vast majority of juveniles appearing in court in Connecticut are being forced to do so in shackles, whether it be handcuffs, leg irons or belly chains. The prevalence of the restraints, used on ...