ICE to use same electric shock gloves in use at the Tarrant County Jail

ICE will soon be using the same electric shock gloves that are already in use at the Tarrant County Jail.ICE shock glove purchaseICE awarded a $16.7 million contract to Compliant Technologies LLC, a Kentucky-based firm that manufactures GLOVES, which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters. The contract includes 6,000 gloves, support equipment and services over the next six months. The devices are normal patrol gloves until an officer presses a button to activate the electrical mode. They must be applied directly to someone’s skin to produce a shock that causes pain, which is promoted as a way to gain compliance from people who are resisting. ICE purchased the gloves just hours after a group of U.S. senators, led by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, urged the agency to cancel its plan to buy the gloves. Civil rights groups have expressed concerns over the need for the tool.Shock gloves in North TexasThe shock gloves ICE is purchasing have been in use locally for the l