Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A Wire Jacket is a jacket with made of iron wire which was placed around the victim or suspect's body. The wires were connected to wheels on each side, as to tighten the jacket when needed. if the jacket were to become too tight, it would skewer the victim alive. Therefore, this was a torture device. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.