We call it the DC Gulag.
DC Gulag
That be like Gitmo north, Abu Ghraib west, or dark sites wherever.
The U.S. does not torture. They eliminated torture by redefining it.
Torture Memo, John "Testicle Crusher" Yoo, at pp. 38-39:
These statutes suggest that to constitute torture "severe pain" must rise to a similarly high level—the level that would ordinarily be associated with a physical condition or injury sufficiently serious that it would result in death, organ failure, or serious impairment of body functions.
Stabbing the liver with an ice pick should not be torture. The liver regenerates and the simple stabbing should not result in death, organ failure, or serious impairment of body functions.
Not torture would be taking a father who refused to divulge information and forcing him to watch as his son's testicles were slowly crushed in a vise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt1-eWU2Ii0
John "Testicle Crusher" Yoo
One must know these things to understand the U.S. government does not engage in torture.