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The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane?

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2000 by Anne-Marie Cusac published in Prison Legal News September, 2000, page 1
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Mental Health. Locations: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, United States of America.
Jail and prison employees call it the "strap-o-lounger," the "barcalounger," the "we care chair," and the "be sweet chair." Prisoners and their lawyers have other names for the device: "torture chair," "slave chair," and "devil's chair." They are not referring to the electric chair, but to a restraining device that ...

 

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