ICE's Electric Shock Gloves Cause Intense Pain, Army Study Reveals
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The electric shock gloves that U.S. immigration agents may soon use to control detainees and protesters delivered such powerful shocks during a military exercise that participants experienced intense pain, immediately ceased resisting, and feared further exposure, according to a previously undisclosed Army study. Leaders of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group American Oversight and shared with The Associated Press. The shocks had a profound impact on Army personnel acting as combat prisoners during the exercise, which took place at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in October 2024. Participants, many of whom were large men, stopped resisting seconds after guards applied the gloves and were left with 'fatigue, pain, and an excessive apprehension of receiving another shock,' the study concluded. 'After experiencing the effects of the glove,... participants stated that just seeing the glove was enough to make them want to comply,' the authors wrote.
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