Parwan Detention Facility
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The Parwan Detention Facility is Afghanistan's main military prison. Situated next to the Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, the prison was built by the U.S. during the George W. B
Aerial view of the Parwan Detention Facility during its completion in 2009.
Construction of the new detention facility
Inside view of a cell after completion in 2009
Inside the multi-bed room
In 2005, The New York Times obtained a 2,000-page United States Army investigatory report concerning the homicides of two unarmed civilian Afghan prisoners by U.S. military personnel in December 2002
Parwan Detention Facility
…of the prisoners received prisoner of war status. Treatment of inmates at the facility came under scrutiny after two Afghan detainees died in the 2002 Bagram torture and prisoner abuse case. Their deaths were classified as homicides, and prisoner abuse charges were made against seven American soldiers. Concerns about lengthy detentions…
A sally port used in the transfer of internees to and from the 12-man cells during the nine years that the "temporary" facility was in use
A sketch showing how Dilawar was chained to the ceiling of his cell by Thomas V. Curtis, a former sergeant in the Reserve United States Army Military Police Corps