Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear
The study found the gloves caused intense pain and immediate compliance, while ICE had already agreed to buy 6,000 pairs for $16.7 million.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a $16.7 million contract in August for 6,000 pairs of shock gloves, despite an Army study finding the devices cause "intense pain" and force immediate compliance.
- An Army study conducted at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, found the devices forced compliance during 2024 exercises, though participants reported "fatigue, soreness and excessive apprehensiveness to being shocked again."
- While the agency describes the gloves as "distraction and de-escalation devices" intended to prevent lethal force, American Oversight executive director Chioma Chukwu warned the agency has not established the tools are safe for detainees.
- U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and 15 Democratic Senate colleagues demanded the agency abandon its procurement plan, yet received no response to their August 27 letter requesting usage and training details.
- White House border czar Tom Homan indicated deployment could "be awhile" before the gloves are fielded, as the agency addresses outstanding training and policy issues with the equipment.
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An Army Study Showed Shock Gloves Caused 'Intense Pain' and Terrified Victims—Then ICE Ordered 6,000 Pairs of Them
When US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered 6,000 pairs of shock gloves this summer, the agency knew that they could cause such "intense pain" that victims stopped fighting immediately and became fearful of more shocks.
Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear – WTOP News
The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased Army study. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract...
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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear
The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.
The electric discharge gloves that U.S. immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters operated so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately, and feared additional exposure, according to an army study that had not been previously disclosed.
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