CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; FOKKER -100; ICT-DFW. PRISONER BOARDED IN SHACKLES; ESCORT UNHAND-CUFFED HIM; THEN LEFT; LEAVING PRISONER ALONE. NO COM BTWN PLT AND AIRLINE; ARPT.

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A 16-YR-OLD MALE PAX WAS BROUGHT ON TO THE AIRPLANE IN HANDCUFFS AND ANKLE CUFFS BY A GENTLEMAN. THE CUFFS WERE REMOVED; AND I ESCORTED THE PAX TO HIS SEAT. THE GENTLEMAN TALKED TO THE CAPT AND THEN LEFT. THERE WAS NO PAPERWORK FOR THIS PAX; AND NO ONE WAS APPARENTLY MEETING HIM IN DFW FOR HIS CONNECTING FLT. THE CAPT MADE SOME INQUIRIES; AND THE PAX WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT BY THE AGENT AND THE CUFFS WERE PLACED BACK ON THE PAX. I DIDN'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHY HE WAS CHAINED UP AND; THEN LET LOOSE; ON OUR ACFT; BUT THE CAPT WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS AND HAD HIM REMOVED. 1 PAX DID COMMENT THAT HE WISHED THE HANDCUFFS WERE STILL ON THE PAX. THE PAX WAS REMOVED ONCE BOARDING WAS OVER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THE PRISONER HAD STOLEN A CAR; AND SHE ASSUMES THAT WICHITA POLICE DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH HIM AND JUST WANTED HIM OUT OF THEIR CITY. NEITHER THE AGENT; NOR THE ESCORT; GAVE ANY PAPERWORK TO THE CAPT. THE CAPT NEVER TALKED TO THE FLT ATTENDANTS PERSONALLY ABOUT THE SIT; EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER; THE PRISONER WAS TAKEN OFF. SHE FLEW THE SAME FLT THE NEXT WK AND THE 'PRISONER' GOT ON AS A NORMAL PAX TRAVELING BY HIMSELF.