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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PowerPoint presentation discussing and depicting methods for applying handcuffs and leg restraints on detainees.
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing the use of force on detainees. Establishes different levels of force from verbal persuasion to deadly force, when to use each level of force and the authorization required at each level.
DOD PowerPoint discusses appropriate actions to take in the event of a bomb or incendiary or explosive device is on site.
Presentation discussing self-defense techniques.
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing procedures for cell block/compound guard duties and methods for maintaining detainee accountability.
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing staff procedures when in close confinement, including controlling access to cell block and segregation of detainees.
DOD PowerPoint discusses procedures for detainee meal operations.
DOD PowerPoint presentation discusses procedures for visiting a detention camp.
DOD Presentation discussing steps to take for forcibly moving an uncooperative detainee including the use of restraints, pepper spray, and/or straightjacket.
DOD PowerPoint discusses the use of non-lethal force against detainees during disorders and disturbances. Provides instructions on riot control.