Exclusive: CIA Torture Doctors Toured Federal Supermax Prison in 2003, Learned How to Respond to Hunger Strikes
The super-maximum security or administrative maximum (ADX) federal prison in Florence, Colorado is widely considered the most remote, the harshest, the most punishing prison in America. Its prisoners include Ted Kaczynski (the “Unibomber”), purported 9/11 would-be terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, “shoe-bomber” Richard Reid, and many other political and convicted terrorist prisoners.
According to former ADX prisoner Eli Hager, “It’s just the harshest place you’ve ever seen. Nothing living, not so much as a blade of grass anywhere.”
“My cell was all concrete. Every single thing, made out of concrete. The walls, floor, the desk, the sink, even the bed — a slab of concrete.”
In July 2003, three doctors from the CIA’s Office of Medical Services, and two senior officers from the CIA’s Rendition and Detention Group (RDG) were invited by Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials to visit ADX Florence. CIA officials were looking for help as their super-secret detention program was growing by leaps and bounds.
