After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Death Certificate of an 18 year old Iraqi male, an inmate at the Abu Ghraib prison, who was shot during the April 10, 2004 riot. He died from his injuries. No additional information available. Cause of death: gunshot wound.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault
Describes investigation into alleged misconduct by an officer. Allegations include assault and threatening to kill a detainee. The officer was removed from command and subject to Article 32 investigation and hearing.
Apr. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Ricardo Sanchez, Raymond T. Odierno
Army Memo re: Up-date on Article 32 Investigation of Officer Accused of Detainee Abuse
Responds to inquiry into cases from the 320th military police battalion. Observed assaulting Iraqi prisoners. Describes non-judicial punishments received by three (3) officers, all of whom were redeployed. Signed by Brigadier General Swan.
Corrected report of a an incident where a guard shot a detainee. Correct report was that the detainee moved toward the wire, and place his hands there, so the soldier fired. Details about the charges he faces included.
May 16, 2005
Letter
Physical assault
Army letter concerning the investigations being conducted by CID.
Lists investigations in spreadsheet format. Cases listed by case ID, investigation by, date of incident, date reported, etc.
FOIA Referral Page. Redacted Pages of Executive Summary Related to the Death of MG Mowhoush. No additional pages. No content.
Army Memo re: Fort Carson Detainee Death Case. Describes media coverage and interaction with media regarding Iraqi detainee death by soldiers from Fort Carson.
May 16, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Joel Hefly
Gives overview of detainee abuse cases, including courts-martial, Article 32 charges. Cases from Abu Gharib, Samarra and Bagram. Mentions charges, defendants, and JAG updates, including administrative actions.
May 16, 2005
Other
Daniel V. Wright
Daniel V. Wright