Amnesty International Condemns Iraq's Prison System

An Iraqi Correctional Officer (ICO) watches a detainee compound from a catwalk at Camp Cropper, a Coalition Forces Theater Internment Facility (TIF) in western Baghdad on June 1, 2008. ICOs work side-by-side with Coalition forces inside the TIF and are being prepared by Coalition forces and the Government of Iraq for the eventual transfer to the Iraquis. (UPI Photo/Spc. Michael V. May/Army)

Amnesty: Iraq Holds Up To 30,000 Detainees Without Trial -- CNN

(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people are being held without charge in Iraq, sometimes suffering severe beatings in secret prisons, Amnesty International said Monday in a report that Iraqi and U.S. authorities disputed.

The report, which estimates 30,000 Iraqis are being held without trial, says Iraqi authorities "have failed to provide precise figures."

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More News On Iraq's Prison System

New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq -- Amnesty International

Amnesty International report: US may be complicit in Iraqi prison mistreatment and torture -- Christina Science Monitor
Torture and abuse rife in Iraq jails, Amnesty report says -- The Guardian
U.S. handover puts Iraqi prisoners at risk - Amnesty -- Reuters
Inside Iraq's torture dungeons -- Al Jazeera
Briton 'among thousands held without trial in Iraq' -- BBC
Human rights group details Iraq prisoner abuse -- USA Today
Thousands held without trial in Iraq: Amnesty -- AFP
AI report says Iraq tortures detainees -- UPI
Iraq: transferred prisoners have reason to fear new jailers -- Kate Allen, The Guardian opinion