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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Medical record relating to investigation of 31 year-old male enemy prisoner of war who was picked up in a raid and brought to enemy prisoner of war camp. The detainee was interrogated on March 19, 2004. The report notes that detainee was ...
Medical report of a 27-year-old Iraqi male concerning his medical treatment following an allegation that a U.S. soldier repeatedly punched him in the stomach and that Kurds kicked him in the legs during interrogation in custody at the Baghdad ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General
A 22 year-old male detainee reports while being interrogated that he was punched in the chest, choked and punched in the back. Happened six days prior to visit at the Al-Mahmudiyah Airport. No bruising evident.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Stomach/abdominal slap, General, Physical assault
Medical record of a 30-year-old male detainee who reported that he was hit on the head and shoulders with a pistol repeatedly. The incident happened three weeks prior to medical examination. Multiple healing wounds and scars were found on ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
General, Physical assault
a medical screening form for a 33 year-old Iraqi male detainee. The medical report does not indicate any abuse or current injuries. The report notes a burn on the patient's lower back, but gives no indication as to how the injury was incurred or ...
This medical screening form for a 37 year-old detainee complaints of chest pain when breathing for 2-3 weeks. Medical exam show contusions to left side of ribs. The medical records do not state how the detainee received his injuries and does not ...
Medical report on a 30-Year-Old Iraqi male detainee wherein the detainee claims he was "tortured" and "[electrical] shocks" were used on him when he was interrogated. The medical exam did not show signs of trauma or abuse as complained of.
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Face slap or insult slap, General, Use of electricity, Physical assault
25 year-old male detainee was in a fist-fight, no abrasions anywhere, no lacerations, bruising. The detainee later claimed to have been assaulted by a Military Police Officer, but that allegation was proven to be unfounded. The incident is from ...
Medical Report: 27-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Camp Bucca from July 2004 (0204-04-CID259-80242). The detainee was recovering from a gunshot to his left leg which was aggravated by a guard forcing him to the ground after disobeying the Military Police ...
Medical records of a 33-year-old detainee whose allegations of abuse were the subject of CID Report: 0191-04-CID259-80235;the detainee complains of an aggravation to an old injury. there are medical records of other detainees in this document ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Physical assault, General