ICE bought 6,000 pairs of shock gloves for $16.7M after an Army study found they caused intense pain and fear

Records obtained by American Oversight show ICE leaders knew the findings before the August purchase.

The unreleased study, from an October 2024 exercise at Fort Leavenworth, found the gloves caused intense pain, instant compliance and lasting fear of being shocked again, while ICE calls them de-escalation devices.

On the record:

Army study: participants said "just seeing the GLOVE was enough to make them want to comply." (NBC News)
American Oversight's Chioma Chukwu: the assessment "does not establish that they are safe."