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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The Fourth Geneva Convention sets forth conduct in time of war.
Geneva Convention Treatment of Prisoners of War August 12, 1949.
This is an excerpt of Articles 4 and 5 of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
Geneva Convention Article 2: Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Part I General Provisions
Geneva Convention Article 3: Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Part I General Provisions
Geneva Convention Article 4: Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Part I General Provisions
Geneva Convention Article 4: Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War Part I: General Provisions.
Geneva Convention Article V: Convention (V) Information Bureaux and Relief Societies for Prisoners of War
Army Pamphlet: FM 27-10 THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE, December 1956 version.

USACIDC Documents Ready for Release to the ACLU: Specifies pages withheld from 24 CID documents (Gibbons stamped CID000003-001508), including photographs of US soldiers and "deceased foreign nationals" that are not in the public ...

First 18 pages of CID Report are missing; details are indiscernible. This document contains hand-written confessions, written in English, regarding IED attacks against U.S. soldiers, and one page out of a three page statement by a U.S. officer, ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott, John Peterson
A Vaughn index of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) documents produced alongside a FOIA production released on November 8th, 2004. The index lists the documents withheld by government and an explanation for their withholding.
Defense Intelligence Agency PowerPoint presentation on guidelines for JITF-CT contract personnel when coming in to contact with detainees. This presentation discusses prohibited and acceptable types of interaction with detainees.
This DOD memo asks the recipient to review the attached draft implementing guidance developed to support approved policy on release or transfer of detainees.
This list is of nineteen (19) documents, dated from 7/1/03 - 5/24/04. Includes policies/procedures, briefing and guidance, memos, and e-mails produced. It appears that this is part of a larger document production.

A list of the 106 annexes to the Taguba Report.

Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List
Antonio Taguba, Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas

This report reflects the findings of an investigation, led by Major General Antonio Taguba, into the allegations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The investigation took place in February of 2004 and concluded that numerous instances of ...

This First Annex to Major General Antonio M. Taguba's Report in to the allegations of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison focuses on the psychological factors contributing to the abuse of detainees at the prison. The assessment cites a number of ...
Oct. 19, 2004
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6)
Geoffrey D. Miller, Donald J. Ryder, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual

Report on the Escape of Prisoners on Jan 26, 2004 from Camp Bucca conducted by the 310th Military Police Battalion.

Oct. 19, 2004
Other
Antonio Taguba
Investigation Team Witness Interview List. Names on this list are redacted.
310th Military Police Battalion, Al-Hillah Prison Standard Operating Procedures.
320th Military Police Batallion Change Sheet. Appears to be a blank form to record prisoner arrival and departure.
Rules of Engagement for Operations in Iraq for the 800th Military Police Brigade
Mobilization Orders for the 800th Military Police Brigade
Oct. 19, 2004
Chart/List, Other
Chris Geren
Cover Page for General Ryder's Report Annex 19. No content. No additional pages.
Oct. 19, 2004
Other
Donald J. Ryder

Cover Page for Annex 40. No additional information. No additional pages.

Cover Page for Annex 103 and 104. No additional information. No additional pages.

Army Field Manual Glossary. End of glossary/reference section of ARTEP 8-705-MTP. Pages may be missing.
This is a Power Point presentation for the 427th Support Battalion on the Geneva and Hague Convention Laws of War. It covers the rules of engagement and how to handle detainees and others captured on the field of battle.
This memo provides an up-date on the status of seven (7) investigations in to detainee abuse. No author, date or agency is cited.
Jan. 31, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Ricardo Sanchez, Antonio Taguba, George R. Fay, James R. Helmly
This is an operations guide for the Mounted Brigade Combat Team TACSOP. It covers their standard operating procedures and order of operations. It is undated.
This single page document is a list of maximum period of time to detain an Iraqi civilian for minor offenses. The document is undated.
This is an Army PowerPoint Presentation on the use of interview techniques to be used by Military Police investigators.
This is a memo describing how to handle detainees. It covers the way detainees are to be addressed, how they are to be handled, how to assess detainees and includes a "COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY FORCES APPREHENSION FORM" to be completed by ...

This document is the Claim for Compensation; documents in support of the claim; and correspondence from the Army Claim Service concerning a claim by an Iraqi/Swedish citizen for compensation for his alleged torture and other mistreatment ...

Letter to mother of claimant conceding that "US forces were negligent in shooting your son" and improperly detaining him. Offers settlement of $1,000.00 for all claims against the US for the incident. The admission of a wrongful shooting and ...
Feb. 28, 2005
Letter
Physical assault, General, Other
Army Receipt of Payment for Claim re: Settlement for Wrongly Shooting and Detaining and Iraqi Citizen. This is related to ACLU RDI 434; 435; 436; 437; & 4865.
Mission Training Plan Headquarters, Division Support Command (DISCOM) Digitized Division.
Army Medical Health Record Form: Chronological Record of Medical Care. Blank.
Army Medical Health Record Form: History and Physical Exam Form. Blank.
Army Medical Health Record Form: Routine Exam Form. Blank.
Army Medical Health Record Form: Transfer Form. Blank.
Army Presentation re: 3rd Brigade Combat Team Detainee Cage Operations Operation Iraqi Freedom. Standard Operating Procedure and Forms for Detention, including staffing, intake, detainee property, detainee rules (no speaking, no written ...
Standard Operating Procedures for detention of civilians, including rules of who may be detained, proper handling of detainees, transfer and property seizure.
Unlabed photographs of soldiers and military vehicles.
Court-Martial charge package for soldiers accused of detainee abuse. This court-martial setms from incidents where Iraqi detainees were stripped of their clothing and released.There is also an allegation of a detainee being shocked.
Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he is a member of Al Qaida. He is charged with traveling to Afghanistan to participate in Jihad and with participating in military ...
Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he supported Al Qaida against the coalition, undergoing training at the Al-Farouq camp in Afghanistan. Detainee claims that he was ...
Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Other

Tribunal determined that the detainee in question has been accurately classified as an enemy combatant and that he is affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaida, having stayed in Al Qaida guesthouses and undergone military training at Camp ...

Nov. 30, 2005
CSRT
Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail
Physical assault, General