Yet it is hard to see how revealing basic facts about detention practices would pose any danger to the investigation or to national security.

Inadequate medical care has been one of the complaints in several recent reports about the agency's detention practices.

That ruling, the first ever to find the detention practice unconstitutional, broke with several rulings in the 1950's that seemed to justify the use of such evidence.

Meanwhile, the full Taguba report remains classified, and the findings of several other inquiries into military interrogation and detention practices have yet to be released.

The Senate subcommittee is scheduled to have hearings next month on the I.N.S. and its detention practices.

July 21, 2009 President Obama's review of detention practices at Guantánamo Bay is delayed by six months.

The commanding American general in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David Barno, has ordered a "top to bottom" review of detention practices in the country, military officials said.

Providing services and programs is all part of good detention practice; it insures that those inmates returning to society can be reintegrated into society.

The announcement, which immediately brought new criticism of the administration's detention practices, included few details.

Administrative detention practices have come under severe criticism, with critics claiming that it breaches human rights.