Using these torture devices on people already in need of medical treatment constitutes a double tyranny.
Medical evidence suggests that the shocks administered through the belts can cause fatalities.
Prison officials have reportedly used the stun belts on at least two inmates. The use of stun belts are themselves tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment. We're counting on our members and anyone interested in defending human rights to write letters of protest to Sheriff Charles Foti of the New Orleans Parish Prison System.