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In 2002, Andre McCollins, an autistic 18-year-old, was restrained for several hours face-down, and electrically shocked 31 times in seven hours by a remote-controlled device for what a special-needs school described as an attack on a member of staff.
This American school’s practice of using electric shocks to discipline students with severe behavioural problems has solicited renewed attention from the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture.
UN Special Rapporteur Juan Mendez confirmed to Al Jazeera that he has asked for access from the US government, asking them to investigate the use of “skin shock therapy” by the Judge Rotenberg Centre (JRC).
