FILE HF-0015
Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq · 2003–2004
In late 2003, United States military police guards at the Abu Ghraib prison in occupied Iraq subjected detainees to physical and sexual abuse, humiliation, and torture, documented in photographs that became public in April 2004. An internal Army investigation found the conduct "sadistic, blatant, and wanton"; eleven soldiers were court-martialed, while accountability for policy decisions higher in the chain of command remains a disputed question.