stress position

British  

noun

1. an enforced body position, applied esp in the interrogation of detainees, which causes the victim pain by concentrating a large amount of his or her weight on a small number of muscles, joints, etc

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Example Sentences

The men said they were forced to listen to constant loud static noise; deprived of sleep, food and water; forced to stand in a stress position and beaten if they fell.

From BBC

Beyond misplaced anger, feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness, the men who hold their emotions in check — like a stress position used to induce confession — sometimes break.

From Los Angeles Times

Visitors can create a disguise or climb inside a replica of a “stress position” interrogation box that’s too narrow to sit down in and too low to stand up in.

From Washington Times

“Why is standing limited to 4 hours?” he wrote in the margin, referring to a proposed stress position.

From The New Yorker

Others described being tied into a painful stress position called the “scorpion” for up to two hours.

From The Guardian