The company that makes the devices warns against using the gloves on sensitive populations such as small children, the elderly, pregnant women and “severely handicapped” people. A person wears the shock glove at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City in 2024.Nathan J. Fish / USA Today Network via Reuters ConnectAug. 19, 2026, 5:08 PM EDTICE agents will soon have a new enforcement tool to add to their arsenal of firearms, stun guns and pepper spray: gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks. While the Department of Homeland Security calls it an important nonlethal option, advocates point out that ICE officers have misused the enforcement tools they already have — with deadly consequences.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
ICE says electric shock gloves will curb use of deadly force. Its record casts doubt, critics say.
The company that makes the devices warns against using the gloves on sensitive populations such as small children, the elderly, pregnant women and “severely handicapped” people.
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