During a trial in April in Florida, a police officer accidentally pushed the button on a remote control device, delivering a 50,000 volt shock to the defendant, Jeffrey Weaver. The report also alleged that in Louisiana, minimum security prisoners who are HIV positive or have Aids are regularly made to wear the belt because of their medical condition. It cites allegations of abuse at the Red Onion state prison in Virginia, where the mostly white guards are said to have used stun belts to administer shocks accompanied by racist abuse hurled at the inmates, three-quarters of whom are black. Speaking from Stun Tech headquarters in Cleveland, the company's chairman Dennis Kaufman said that the stun belts leave a visible red mark for at least a month after being activated and so cannot be used without trace. He disputed Amnesty's claims that his products were being used for torture.
Any inmate can say anything, but they're behind bars for a reason.
He rejected allegations that the belts had not been submitted to proper medical tests.