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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Nov. 07, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1028
Emails regarding prison conditions in Iraq. Discussion includes water supply/distribution system; sewer systems; dealing with garbage dumped outside of jail; and overcrowding in jails. Discussions on how to transfer control to jails over to ...
Nov. 07, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1679
Death Certificate of unknown Iraqi Male of unknown age. The deceased appears to have been a detainee and was shot multiple times to the back, chest and pelvis.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Death Certificate)
Physical assault, General
Nov. 07, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1681
Medical records of a 36 year-old Iraqi male, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) admitted to hospital with gunshot wound to chest, groin, torso and associated injuries. The medical records do not give any indication as to how the detainee received his ...
Nov. 07, 2003 | Non-US | ACLU-RDI 4027

Report of the International Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights to the Special OSCE Meeting on the Prevention of Torture, Vienna, 6-7 November 2003. The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a non-governmental organization ...

Nov. 07, 2003 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4097
Email refers to a cable that needs clearance. [Document is not attached].
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
John F. Goldener
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Theodore Sellin
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. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1124
Reprimands a Staff Sergeant for failing to supervise interrogations. An inexperienced soldier assaulted a detainee during interrogations. Sergeant made statement in response which is next document.
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1678
Medical records of a 25 year-old Iraqi male detainee who suffered a broken jaw in an un-described assault eight (8) days earlier.
Oct. 15, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2081
Powerpoint presentation given by MG Donald J. Ryder, Provost Marshal General. Includes observations and recommendations on how to treat detainees in Abu Ghraib.
Nov. 06, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 4863

This memorandum addresses the detention and correction facilities, policies, and procedures carried out by the United States Military in Iraq.. Assessments for this memorandum were conducted from Oct. 13, 2003-Nov. 6, 2003. The memorandum ...

Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Oversight Report
Donald J. Ryder
Mark Inch, Michael Shannon, Donald J. Ryder