A Massachusetts man has died after allegedly being place in a chokehold by a Cape Cod Hospital security guard. The Hyannis, Mass.-based hospital is denying any use of excessive force in the incident.

St. Elizabeths, the District’s only public psychiatric hospital, has ramped up its use of restraint and seclusion on patients in recent years, according to a report on the Southeast facility, released ...

Still from surveillance footage of the restraint of Keith Carter, traced over to protect individuals identities. Courtesy of DRDC identities. Courtesy of DRDC Credit: Courtesy Disability Rights DC / ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit ...

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ombudswoman released a damning report Tuesday on the province's use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in adult psychiatric facilities, practices she said ...