Is your safety in jeopardy because of a restraint device jail guards are no longer allowed to use in one county? It all has to do with the ban on leg shackles during hospital visits by inmates and ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor. They appear to be among the oldest known restraints in the Mediterranean world ...

Allegheny County Jail corrections officers may be allowed to use leg shackles when taking incarcerated people to medical appointments if county council approves a measure repealing a portion of the ...

Archaeologists excavating the 2,200-year-old ruins of a gold mining village in Ghozza found two sets of metal shackles, a study said. Photo from B. Redon via Redon (2025) and Antiquity Publications ...

Exploring a sunken slave ship was beyond any dream Michael Cottman could have imagined as a young child in his native Detroit. Fascination with the underwater adventure TV series “Sea Hunt” lit a fire ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — rusted iron shackles. It’s a chilling glimpse into the brutal conditions ...

US officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks, in the latest incident to spark anger overseas at President Donald ...

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines: “And ...