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 existing ban on such restraints.
The measure, introduced to council Wednesday, would not completely revoke the prohibition on leg shackles.
It would allow them to be used only when transporting incarcerated people outside of the jail for hospital visits and medical appointments when a supervisor “assesses a risk of escape or a risk of injury to the individual or others,” according to the legislation…