a. I would keep the prisoners as far away from each other as possible, so as to not give them a chance to plan an escape. Then I'd have them interrogated in order to find out where the other find out where the other bomb factory is. Also I would try to find out if they have distributed any bombs and if so, where to.
b. A short term repercussion of mistreatment is getting the information you want. A long term repercussion of mistreatment is brain damage.
