Doctors Asked Officers to Unshackle a Patient. They Refused for 26 Days.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTDoctors Asked Officers to Unshackle a Patient. They Refused for 26 Days.A lawsuit challenges the police practice of shackling mentally ill arrestees in New York, sometimes for long periods, while they await arraignment in locked psychiatric wards.Listen · 9:02 min Share full article105A homeless man with a long history of mental illness was kept shackled to a bed by the police at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx for 26 consecutive days while awaiting arraignment, his lawyers say.Credit...Mark Vergari/The Journal News, via USA TODAY NETWORKBy Andy NewmanMay 20, 2026 !function(){var…
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