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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June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1233
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.
June 11, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1236
DOD PowerPoint presentation discussing procedures for cell block/compound guard duties and methods for maintaining detainee accountability.
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 1239
DOD PowerPoint presentation discusses procedures for visiting a detention camp.
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 1241
DOD PowerPoint discusses the use of non-lethal force against detainees during disorders and disturbances. Provides instructions on riot control.
DOD | ACLU-RDI 4763
DOD PowerPoint presentation explaining what to do in the event of a fire, a detainee escape or disorder at a detainee camp; provides photos and information.
May 04, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1255
Medical record of 47 year-old Iraqi male detainee suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the pelvis, groin, legs and torso. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does not give any personal information on ...
Apr. 08, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1259
Medical records of a 45 year-old Iraqi civilian male. Medical conditions, include buttocks and thigh wounds due to multiple gunshot wounds. Hip fracture, will likely require a prosthetic hip replacement. Images of x-ray.
Mar. 30, 2003 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1281
Medical record on a 50-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Foreign Civilian, Baghdad, Iraq re: Gunshot Wounds to Abdomen; Bilious Ascites. The medical records do not state how the gentleman received his injuries and does not give any personal information on ...