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Shock gloves bought by ICE cause intense pain, Army study says

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Participants in a military exercise felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to an Army study.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    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.

  2. The Boston Globe

    Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance, and fear (opens The Boston Globe)

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    ICE leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to a watchdog group.

  3. Anchorage Daily News

    An Army study found the shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    A previously unreleased Army study found the devices worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures.

  4. Mother Jones

    Study: Shock Gloves Traumatized Army Volunteers (opens Mother Jones)

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    A newly released military study paints a frightening picture of the electric shock gloves ICE recently purchased by the thousands—and which the agency and its acting head David Venturella seem eager to deploy regardless of the potential consequences.

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    An Army study found shock gloves caused ‘intense pain' and fear. ICE ordered 6,000 pairs. (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    FILE – Nelson County, Ky., jailer Justin Hall shows an electric shock glove that is used at his facility, Aug. 13, 2026, in Bardstown, Kentucky.

  6. CBS News

    Shock gloves bought by ICE cause intense pain, Army study says (opens CBS News)

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    Participants in a military exercise felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to an Army study.

  7. Jezebel

    Those Shock Gloves ICE Wants To Use Are Worse Than We Thought (opens Jezebel)

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    The Army tested the shock gloves ICE wants to use, and they sound even worse in practice than we thought they'd be.

  8. The Guardian

    Electric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army study (opens The Guardian)

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    Immigration enforcement agency has signed $16.7m deal for devices that induced ‘excessive’ fear in military subjects The electric-shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, st…

  9. PBS NewsHour

    Shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear, Army study found (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    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.

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