Sunday, May 13, 2018

US Prisons Use Electric Shock Belts for Torture


Increasing numbers of prisons in the US are controlling their inmates with the use of electric shock weapons, which are frequently activated accidentally or used arbitrarily as instruments of torture, Amnesty International alleged in a report published yesterday.
The British-based human rights organization called for the stun belt to be banned, describing it as "a weapon that is worn by its victim".



https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/09/julianborger

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