US EditionCiting AP investigation, new bill seeks to prohibit DHS from using full-body restraints
The Full Body Restraint Prohibition Act aims to ban WRAP device use and sales after reports link ICE use to lawsuits, deaths, and misuse over several years.
- U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez introduced a bill to ban DHS use of the WRAP and require oversight, citing an AP investigation into ICE use since 2020.
- AP reporting found ICE used the full-body restraint device on deportation flights, sometimes for hours, with documented use dating to 2020, often after detainees were shackled.
- Autopsies tied the WRAP to fatal outcomes in about a dozen cases over the last decade, and several federal lawsuits allege incorrect use by local police and jailers around the U.S. amounts to punishment or torture; Safe Restraints Inc. manufactures the device.
- Passing the bill would ban DHS purchases and use of the WRAP, adding reporting requirements, as advocates say ICE is not tracking use as required and DHS declined detailed AP questions.
- Charles Hammond, CEO of Safe Restraints Inc., said DHS paid $268,523 from late 2015 through June 2025, with about 91% during the two Trump administrations, and defended the WRAP as `safer, more humane, pain-free`.
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By Jason Dearen and Jim Mustian. The Department of Homeland Security would be banned from using a full-body restraint device known as a wrap under a bill introduced Wednesday in the House of Representatives. The “Full-Body Restraint Ban Act,” sponsored by Democratic Representative Delia Ramirez, would prohibit future purchases of the device and establish oversight and reporting requirements for its use.
Times of San Diego
StocktoniaNew bill would bar DHS from using full-body restraints on people
Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill, speaks during a news conference to introduce The Full Body Restraint Prohibition Act on Capitol Hil, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (Photo courtesy Mariam Zuhaib/Associated Press) The Department of Homeland Security would be barred from using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP under a new bill introduced in the House on Wednesday. The “Full-Body Restraint Prohibition Act,” sponsored by U.S. Rep. Del…
Los Angeles Times
WCCB CharlotteNew bill seeks to prohibit DHS from using full-body restraints
In announcing the legislation, U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., cited an Associated Press investigation that revealed several examples of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, using the device on people — sometimes for hours — on deportation flights.
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Citing AP investigation, new bill seeks to prohibit DHS from using full-body restraints
A new House bill aims to stop the Department of Homeland Security's use of a full-body restraint device called the WRAP. On Wednesday, Democratic Rep.
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