{
  "id": 3880069,
  "title": "ICE agents in US to be equipped with pain-delivering electric shock gloves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ice-agents-in-us-to-be-equipped-with-pain-delivering-electric-shock",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T03:38:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365528/ice-agents-us-be-equipped-pain-delivering-electric-shock-gloves"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for officers. The gloves can deliver painful shocks to subdue detainees and protesters who resist. Despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, ICE moved forward with the purchase, citing their usefulness in high-tension situations such as arrests and crowd control. Civil rights groups argue that ICE officers have faced criticism for excessive force with little oversight, and they question ICE's ability to use the new device safely and appropriately.",
  "summary": "US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for its officers. The gloves, which can deliver painful electric shocks, are designed to be used in high-tension environments such as arrests, transporting detainees, and responding to civil disturbances. According to the Daily Maverick, they will be purchased from Kentucky-based firm Compliant Technologies.\n\nThe decision to purchase the gloves has been met with criticism from human rights groups and Democratic members of Congress. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has expressed concerns that giving immigration agents a concealed means of delivering pain is a recipe for more harm to the public and less accountability. ICE officers will use the gloves when a subject is actively or passively resisting and an officer needs to gain control quickly to prevent injuries to both parties.\n\nThe gloves, which look like normal patrol gloves, can be activated with the press of a button to deliver an electric shock. They are already in use in some prisons and police departments in the United States. According to the South China Morning Post and NDTV, ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/group-of-democratic-senators-calls-on-ice-to-cancel-plan-to-buy",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Letter signed by Democratic senators calls on ICE to halt electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/letter-signed-by-democratic-senators-calls-on-ice-to-halt-electric",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:50:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "ICE awards $16.7 mil. contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ice-awards-16-7-mil-contract-to-buy-6-000-pairs-of-gloves-that",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:32:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ice-grants-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-thousands-of-electric-shock",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:32:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "ICE awards $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ice-awards-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-6-000-pairs-of-gloves-that",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:43:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "US to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for ICE agents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-to-buy-thousands-of-electric-shock-gloves-for-ice-agents",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "US ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-ice-grants-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-thousands-of-electric",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:54:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}