Prisoners at the US military base at Bagram outside the Afghan capital Kabul were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs there, former detainees have told the BBC.
The broadcaster interviewed separately 27 former inmates of Bagram around the country over a period of two months and asked them the same questions.
Only two said they had been treated well.
The BBC findings were shown to the Pentagon, which has denied the charges and insists that all inmates in the facility are treated humanely.
All the former prisoners at Bagram were held at the facility at various times between 2002 and 2008. All were accused of belonging to or abetting Al-Qaeda or the Taliban.
None was charged with any offence or put on trial; some even received apologies when they were released.
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