Short shackling
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Short shackling is a technique that American interrogators use in the War on Terror. According to a military report the suspect's hands are shackled to an eyebolt in the floor, so that the suspect is forced to lie in a fetal position or squat. It is believed that the suspect's feet are also bound to the eyebolt, similar to hogtieng, but this has not been confirmed in any government reports.
This torture technique can cause flesh wounds (primarily of the wrists) and/or scarring from the tension on the shackles.
Reports from the FBI and indicate that the procedure was used at Guantanamo Bay, which the Department of Defence justified as a protective measure used during the transportation of prisoners. Individual FBI agents have also alleged that use of short shackling resulted in prisoners being incontinent or pulling their hair out.
[edit] External links
- DOD report Army Resolution 15-6 has a finding regarding short shackling.
- [1] an example of short shackling in the news, related to detainees from the US War in Iraq.
