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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RelevanceDateRelease Date
July 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1054
Medical record of examination of a 29-year-old male detainee. Medical records follow a series of seizure-like episodes suffered while at Abu Ghraib. Just before one episode, a guard noted the detainee was crying for five minutes. Detainee ...
July 18, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1842
Email seeks confirmation from recipients that two detainees, believed to be members of the Hezib Tehreer target set and planning future attacks, were released.
July 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2546
Sworn statement of a government civilian employee (GS-12) regarding detention practices. Mentions detainees "who were complaining" and who "had obvious injuries to their faces, their wrists, and water blisters on their legs." According to the ...
June 30, 2006
Interview (Statement)
Physical assault, Sexual, General, Other Humiliation, Sexual
July 18, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 4822
Memo from the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Fallujah, it discusses the character of a sailor and mentions his allegation of detainee abuse. The possibly relevant information is redacted.
July 17, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 97
CID Report of investigation regarding alleged abuse of detainee at unknown detention facility in Tikrit, Iraq. Detainee picked up by Iraqi Police on or about April 15, 2004. He was interviewed with the assistance of an interpreter on May 5, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
John Peterson
Physical assault, General, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
July 17, 2004 | DIA | ACLU-RDI 182
A detainee who was released from custody, Maleem Fidel Mohammad, made public statements concerning being sexually abused with the use of dogs while in Coalition custody. Mr. Mohammad reportedly was hoping that his statements would turn local ...
July 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1074
Medical exam of a 20 year-old Iraqi male. The report indicates he was in good shape. He was released for questioning.
July 17, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1075
Medical report on a 24 year-old male detainee at his initial in-take screening at Abu Ghraib prison. The screening determined the detainee to be in good health and condition.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault
July 16, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 45

Report of investigation into allegations of detainee abuse in Baghdad, Iraq. The investigation followed the report of a soldier striking a detainee during a warehouse search. The report concluded that the soldier acted appropriately when ...

July 16, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 56
Emails relating to an investigation into allegations of abuse of two Ukranian individuals detained in Abu Ghraib. The detainees were caught attempting to illegally smuggle oil and were sentenced to ten years in jail by the Iraqi court system ...
Nov. 08, 2004
Email
Jacqueline J. Scott
Physical assault, Other