York County Leads Pennsylvania in Restraint Chair Use, Despite Deadly History

York County Leads Pennsylvania in Restraint Chair Use, Despite Deadly History

On April 7, 2018, Everett Palmer, Jr. was picked up on an old DUI charge and booked into Pennsylvania’s York County Prison (YCP). Over the next two days, Palmer’s mental health deteriorated, much of which was captured on surveillance video, according to a report by the York County Investigating Grand Jury. He was hallucinating and screaming. He repeatedly put his blanket in the toilet and wrapped himself in it.  In the early morning hours of Apr…