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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Oct. 24, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1088
A 46 year-old detainee at Abu Ghraib prison complained of left side chest pain, exhaustion and appeared to collapse during medical check. It was determined that he faked his condition and was feigning fainting. He was returned to his cell for rest.
Oct. 03, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1089
This 30 year-old male detainee engaged upon a hunger strike and refuses to eat or drink for unknown time. Dehydrated. Given an IV. Detainee was removed from his cell for medical treatment.
Oct. 25, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1090
15 yea- old male was raped in hardcell by two other inmates. Speaks reluctantly and fearfully. Examined 12 hours after the rape. No evidence of bruising or physical trauma.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Sexual, Physical assault
Oct. 29, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1091
This document is a partial medical record of the treatment of detainees at a hospital facility servicing Abu Ghraib prison, Baghdad, Iraq. The five (5) detainees are on a hunger strike and this is a short documentation of that event in October - ...
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1092
Detainee asked ot be examined because he as oral cancer as a result of chewing tobacco for a number of years.The medical records do not give any indication as to any personal information on the detainee.
Nov. 12, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1093
Medical records of a detainee from Tier 1, Hard Site, Abu Ghraib Prison complaining about Sciatica and Testicular Pain. The medical records do not give any indication as to any personal information on the detainee.
Aug. 02, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1095
Detainee treatment logs from the Detainee Treatment Logs from Area Support Medical Battalion, Baghdad International Airport . The treatment logs list ailment and disposition columns. Heavily Redacted.
Sept. 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 4743

Collection of 25 death certificates and summary of 30 detainee autopsy reports from Afghanistan and Iraq. Full autopsy reports can be found at ACLU RDI 991-1018.

Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Physical assault, General
July 13, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4744
Autopsy report and death certificate of Basim Mohammed Hussein held at Baghdad International Airport, died July 12, 2003 of hemoptysis caused by tuberculosis. Related to ACLU RDI: 71, 995 & 1053. CID#: 0014-03-CID919-63732
Mar. 06, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4745
Medical records of several Abu Ghraib prisoners including a 25 year-old male detainee who attempted to hang himself. The report is related to CID investigation 0084-04-CID519-81169.