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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Aug. 10, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1245
An Army Colonel emails a Chief Warrant Officer at Camp Bucca to establish a list of detainees that are eligible for release from custody. The email states "I have been checking for several days and many of these prisoners do not even have files ...
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1243
Document is a table of contents and a training schedule.
| ACLU-RDI 1244
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1241
DOD PowerPoint discusses the use of non-lethal force against detainees during disorders and disturbances. Provides instructions on riot control.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 1242
Coalition Provisional Authority Forces Apprehension Form; Form an official completes when a person is apprehended.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1240
DOD Presentation discussing steps to take for forcibly moving an uncooperative detainee including the use of restraints, pepper spray, and/or straightjacket.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1239
DOD PowerPoint presentation discusses procedures for visiting a detention camp.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1238
DOD PowerPoint discusses procedures for detainee meal operations.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1237
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing staff procedures when in close confinement, including controlling access to cell block and segregation of detainees.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1236
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing procedures for cell block/compound guard duties and methods for maintaining detainee accountability.