Taguba Report The Taguba Report ( May 2004 ) is the common name of an official Army Regulation 15 - 6 military inquiry conducted in 2004 into the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse by United States military forces in Iraq . Initiation . Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez , the senior officer in Iraq , appointed Major General Antonio Taguba to open an Army Regulation 15 - 6 investigation into the conduct of the 800th Military Police Brigade . According to the report , the inquiry was initiated because : Findings . In his Findings of Fact , Major General Taguba wrote : " That between October and December 2003 , at the Abu Ghraib Confinement Facility ( BCCF ) , numerous incidents of sadistic , blatant , and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees . This systemic and illegal abuse of detainees was intentionally perpetrated by several members of the military police guard force ( 372nd Military Police Company , 320th Military Police Battalion , 800th MP Brigade ) , in Tier ( section ) 1 - A of the Abu Ghraib Prison ( BCCF ) . The allegations of abuse were substantiated by detailed witness statements ( ANNEX 26 ) and the discovery of extremely graphic photographic evidence . . . In addition to the aforementioned crimes , there were also abuses committed by members of the 325th MI Battalion , 205th MI Brigade , and Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center ( JIDC ) . Specifically , on 24 November 2003 , [ name redacted ] , 205th MI Brigade , sought to degrade a detainee by having him strip and returned to cell naked . ( ANNEXES 26 and 53 ) " . In addition he found : " . . . that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts : a . ( S ) Punching , slapping , and kicking detainees ; jumping on their naked feet ; b . ( S ) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees ; c . ( S ) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing ; d . ( S ) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time ; e . ( S ) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women ’ s underwear ; f . ( S ) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped ; g . ( S ) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them ; h . ( S ) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box , with a sandbag on his head , and attaching wires to his fingers , toes , and penis to simulate electric torture ; i . ( S ) Writing “ I am a Rapest ” ( sic ) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15 - year old fellow detainee , and then photographing him naked ; j . ( S ) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee ’ s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture ; k . ( S ) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee ; l . ( S ) Using military working dogs ( without muzzles ) to intimidate and frighten detainees , and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee ; m . ( S ) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees . ( ANNEXES 25 and 26 ) " And that these " . . . findings are amply supported by written confessions provided by several of the suspects , written statements provided by detainees , and witness statements . " Major General Taguba also determined that the testimony of several detainees was " . . . credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses ( ANNEX 26 ) " . The detainees described the following acts of abuse : " a . ( U ) Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees ; b . ( U ) Threatening detainees with a charged 9mm pistol ; c . ( U ) Pouring cold water on naked detainees ; d . ( U ) Beating detainees with a broom handle and a chair ; e . ( U ) Threatening male detainees with rape ; f . ( U ) Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell ; g . ( U ) Sodomizing a detainee with a chemical light and perhaps a broom stick . h . ( U ) Using military working dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees with threats of attack , and in one instance actually biting a detainee . " The Report recommended increased training of interrogators and the dissemination of information regarding the treatment of prisoners , both actions emphasizing the Geneva Conventions . The Report team was also tasked with addressing the problem of detainee escapes . The Report found significant inconsistencies in the handling and processing of detainees . It recommended the standardization of detainee processing routines , the updating of accounting systems , the improvement of structural features , and several other recommendations .