The detention sites were 鈥渆specially bleak early in the program,鈥� the report said, and included completely dark cells where people were shackled next to a bucket to use for a bathroom and were blasted with loud music and noise. Lack of heat in one center 鈥渓ikely contributed鈥� to the death of at least one detainee.
Detainees were subjected to 鈥渞ough takedowns,鈥� in which five CIA officers 鈥渨ould scream at a detainee, drag him outside of his cell, cut his clothes off, and secure him with Mylar tape.鈥� The report continued, 鈥淭he detainee would then be hooded and dragged up and down a long corridor while being slapped and punched.鈥�
This, coupled with extended solitary confinement, inflicted extreme harm on people, including 鈥渉allucinations, paranoia, insomnia, and attempts at self-harm and self-mutilation,鈥� the report concluded. 鈥淢ultiple psychologists identified the lack of human contact experienced by detainees as a cause of psychiatric problems.鈥�
