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| Sheriff bans restraint chairs |
| By The Arizona Republic |
| Published: 08/23/2006 |
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MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - A restraint chair that has been connected to at least three inmate deaths will no longer be used in Maricopa County jails. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the controversial chairs used since the 1970s have been replaced with "safe beds" - beds with shackles for the inmate's hands and feet. Arpaio said the beds provide a safer alternative to the restraint chairs, which have been scrutinized by inmate-safety and human-rights advocates...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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