Immigration Agency Buys Shock Gloves Despite Army Pain Warnings

Immigration agents purchased shock gloves that military studies showed inflicted intense pain and fear.

Immigration enforcement authorities finalised a major contract to acquire thousands of electric-shock gloves despite internal army testing that revealed the devices caused intense pain and fear. Agency leaders proceeded with the multi-million-dollar procurement even though earlier trials on military personnel demonstrated the equipment forced immediate compliance through severe discomfort.

• The procurement contract signed in August covers six thousand pairs of shock-delivery gloves worth 16,700,000 USD.
• Internal military testing indicated that test subjects stopped resisting instantly due to the severity of the discomfort and dreaded subsequent exposures.
• Agency officials were fully briefed on the test results prior to finalising the purchase order for enforcement personnel.
• The documents regarding the controversial procurement were uncovered and published following freedom of information inquiries by a public watchdog organisation.

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• The IndependentShock gloves purchased by ICE cause ‘intense pain’ and fear, Army study found2h ago · open ↗
• The GuardianElectric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army study2h ago · open ↗

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