Justice officials in Nova Scotia are trying to determine how two prisoners escaped from their leg irons in a bid for freedom Thursday. The department says Michael Slaunwhite and Vincent John Ryan ...

Young offenders — youth from 12 to 17 years old — are often handcuffed and shackled when transported in sheriffs' vans, according to New Brunswick's child and youth advocate. (iStock) New Brunswick's ...

OTTAWA—Transporting convicted former MP Dean Del Mastro to jail in handcuffs and leg irons was standard operating procedure used for everyone from fraudsters to serial killers, the Ontario Provincial ...

German citizen Wolfgang von Eitzen shuffled into federal court wearing leg irons and handcuffs Tuesday as attorneys argued whether U.S. District Court has jurisdiction to intervene in his immigration ...