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ICE to Spend $20 M on Shock Gloves

8/12/2026

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ICE will spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of G.L.O.V.E. electric-shock gloves by March.
The gloves are produced by Compliant Technologies LLC in Lexington, Kentucky and may be awarded without competition.
When activated, the gloves deliver a sharp, bee-sting-like pain stimulus to the skin.
ACLU deputy project director Jenn Rolnick Borchetta says she lacks confidence ICE will use the gloves, calling them a “recipe for harm.”

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Story summary

ICE will spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of G.L.O.V.E. electric-shock gloves by March.
The gloves are produced by Compliant Technologies LLC in Lexington, Kentucky and may be awarded without competition.
When activated, the gloves deliver a sharp, bee-sting-like pain stimulus to the skin.
ACLU deputy project director Jenn Rolnick Borchetta says she lacks confidence ICE will use the gloves, calling them a “recipe for harm.”