The place is probably worse then it was under Saddam Hussein now, especially after the U.S. performed their perverted methods upon them way back when remember, world?
Also see: Occupation Iraq: Abu Ghraib Spa and Resort
"Truck bomb kills 20 in northern Iraq village" by Anthony Shadid, Washington Post | September 11, 2009
BAGHDAD - At Abu Ghraib prison, inmates began protesting after guards tried to search their cells yesterday. Some burned mattresses, and others tried to free fellow prisoners. Authorities quelled the disturbance, which lasted for hours, prison guards said.
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There has to more to the story than that. A Slow Saturday update:
BAGHDAD - Abu Ghraib prison inmates rioted for a second day yesterday to demand better conditions, setting fire to mattresses and seizing an assault rifle from a guard before authorities said the situation was brought under control.
Lawmaker Zeinab al-Kinani, who was part of a delegation that negotiated with the prisoners, said they demanded pardons and the replacement of prison staff who they said were mistreating inmates.
After the delegation agreed to form a committee to study giving amnesty to some prisoners, most of the inmates returned to their cells, Kinani said. A small group that had refused to end its protest was forced back into cells by authorities, and four prisoners were injured in the process, she said.
The prison, long a byword for brutality under former leader Saddam Hussein, gained further notoriety with the 2004 release of photos showing US soldiers abusing inmates.
Yeah, yeah, WE KNOW!!!!
The facility is now back under Iraqi control and has been officially renamed the Baghdad Central Prison, though locals still refer to it as Abu Ghraib.
The unrest began Thursday evening when three inmates started a fire in their cell and tried to overpower guards, US military spokesman Master Sergeant Nicholas Conner said.
Prison authorities called in the Iraqi Army to help quell the disturbance, and the US military was asked to provide helicopter support to monitor areas outside the prison, Conner said.
Readers, WE HAVE NOT PULLED BACK at all, and Maliki's puppets are ON the PHONE right away!!! They CAN'T EVEN SECURE a PRISON and we are leaving.
Iraqi authorities reported that three guards and three prisoners were injured before security forces regained control, Conner said. The US military said it was not called to help when violence flared up again yesterday....
So that would be a THIRD DAY?
Is that why the news item went down the rabbit hole.
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