Law enforcement’s use of neck restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds should be prohibited, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said Wednesday. “The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner, ...

New data from Massachusetts’ state mental hospital in Worcester is raising concerns about how long patients are being physically restrained. In an adult care unit in the Department of Mental Health’s ...

Hospitals are forbidden under federal law from restraining psychiatric patients except to prevent them from harming themselves or others. Restraints can be used only when other steps have failed and ...

WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. SARA. THANK YOU. FIVE INVESTIGATES BRITTANY JOHNSTON HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO HOW RESTRAINTS ARE USED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND HOW DANGEROUS THEY CAN BE. BRITTANY MARIA. STUDENTS ARE ...

The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...