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[12] [13] Both manuals have an entire chapter devoted to "coercive techniques". These manuals recommend arresting suspects early in the morning by surprise, blindfolding them, and stripping them naked. Suspects should be held incommunicado and should be deprived of any kind of normal routine in eating and sleeping.
The manual permits nineteen interrogation techniques, [16] Described in Chapter 8 of the manual as "approach techniques" to help establish a rapport, these are: [17] Direct approach. Pertinent questions are asked directly "as long as the source is answering the questions in a truthful manner".
The stimulus can be manual through brute force and placing pressure on pain-sensitive areas on the body. Painful hyperextension or hyperflexion on joints is also used. [ 2 ] Tools such as a whip , a baton , an electroshock weapon , or use chemicals such as tear gas or pepper spray are commonly used as well.
.pdf version of Field Manual FM 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations." Archived 2017-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, circa September 6, 2006 (It replaces Field Manual 34-52.) Torture: Proposed New Army Field Manual Is a First Step but Must Apply to Everyone, Human Rights First, April 28, 2005
The SPEAR System® (an acronym for Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) is a close-quarter protection system that uses a person's reflex action in threatening situations as a basis for defence. [1]
The use of shackles or restraints on pregnant women is a common practice in prisons and jails in the United States. [1] Shackling is defined as "using any physical restraint or mechanical device to control the movement of a prisoner's body or limbs, including handcuffs, leg shackles, and belly chains". [2]
For instance, a soldier would be subjected to slight discomforts before being subjected to more torturous techniques. The Guardian has reported that according to a former British special forces officer, the acts committed by U.S. Army soldiers who committed torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib resembled the techniques used in RTI training. [2]
In the U.S. in the late 2010s and into the 2020s (so far), restraint of psychiatric patients and/or people with mental disorders (for all purpose other than very temporarily if another person would be in danger) has come under heavy fire from many professionals (such as those in the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective) and human rights groups (such as Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint ...