prisoner+abuse

=__**Prisoner Abuse in Abu Gharib Prison**__=

==== - Previous statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in detail about the abuse that goes further than what has been made public, adding allegations of prisoners being ridden like animals, sexually touched by female soldiers and forced to get their food from toilets. ====

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==== - In 2004, accounts of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse including torture, rape, sodomy, homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Gharib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to the publics attention. They were committed by military police personnel of the United States Army together with additional US governmental agencies. ====

==== - A prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib prison after being interrogated and tortured by a CIA officer and a private contractor. The torture included physical violence and strappado hanging, where the victim is hung from the wrists with the hands tied behind the back. His death was considered a homicide by the US military, but nobody has been charged. ====

==== - US media initially showed little interest when the US military first reported abuse. On January 16, 2004, United States Central Command informed the media that an official investigation had began involving abuse and humiliation of Iraqi detainees by a group of US soldiers. On February 24, it was reported that 17 soldiers had been suspended. The military announced again on March 21, 2004, that the first charges had been filed against six soldiers. ====

- Here are some of the things that people believe have taken place in the prison:

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 * Urinating on detainees
 * Jumping on detainee's leg with such force that it could not heal properly
 * Continuing by pounding detainee's wounded leg with collapsible metal baton
 * Pouring phosphoric acid on detainees
 * Sodomization of detainees with a baton