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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Jan. 08, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5070
This article describes public opinion in Iraq about U.S. detention practices. It states, "Iraqis resent many things about the U.S. occupation, but the detention of roughly 13,000 prisoners - most of whom have not been formally charged - has ...
Mar. 15, 2013
Other
Mahmoud Shukur Mahmoud, Atheer Majid, Lahib Majeed, Umar Majeed
Jan. 08, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 6363
The document is a daily schedule for an Iraq pre-deployment briefing.
Jan. 09, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 172
Email containing an executive summary of CID investigation into allegations that a soldier threatened a detainee with a gun, fired the gun on the ground next to the detainee, and "butt-stroked" the detainee during a "knock-and-search" operation ...
Apr. 05, 2005
Investigative File (CID), Email
Physical assault, General, Threat, Assault/death
Jan. 09, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 658
[Redacted] mistreated Iraqis under his charge, endangering the welfare of his Marines by opening them to Iraqi retaliation. In the first incident on 06/23/2003, [redacted] ordered his Marines to strip four Iraqi detainees to their underwear and ...
Jan. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1001
Autopsy No.: ME 03-504; Iraqi National male was captured by Navy Seal Team #7 and resisted aprehension. External injuries are consistent with injuries sustained during aprehension. Fractures of the ribs and a contusion of the left lung imply ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Jan. 09, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 5603
This is the Autopsy Report and Death Certificate of Manadel Al-Jamadi, a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison. The Report states that Mr. Al-Jamadi was taken in to custody by Navy SEALs and sustained injuries during his capture that led to his death. It ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Manadel Al-Jamadi
Physical assault, General, Stomach/abdominal slap, Stress positions, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Jan. 11, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 122

Investigation of assault by soldier who threatened to kill Iraqi civilians in custody of U.S. forces in an army compound in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldier forced a detainee to hold a round in his hands, threatening to kill him with it if he did ...

Nov. 08, 2004
Investigative File (CID)
Jacqueline J. Scott
Threat, Assault/death
Jan. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1039
Detainee, Nasef Jasem Ibrahim, died while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison. Mr. Ibraham, died of natural causes (Cardiac Tamponade as a result of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease). Mr. Ibraham was brought unconscious to one of the ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy)
Nasef Ibrahim
Jan. 11, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2570
Sworn statement; text is illegible.
Jan. 12, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 249
800th Military Brigade Slides of Prison Locations and Lay-out