Ghraib Prison 18 | Abu

[ ABU GHRAIB PRISON HISTORICAL TIMELINE ] 1950s 1979 - 2003 2003 - 2006 │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ Constructed as a Used by Saddam Hussein to Repurposed by U.S. Maximum-Security torture and execute up to Military as a Major Facility in Iraq 50,000 political dissidents Detention Center

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which came to light in April 2004, remains a defining moment of the Iraq War, exposing systemic human rights violations and a breakdown of military leadership. Abu Ghraib prison 18

The photograph designated as number 18 was captured on inside Tier 1A of the Abu Ghraib detention facility, located 20 miles west of Baghdad. According to declassified CID investigative notes, the image documents a hooded, naked Iraqi detainee standing at the rear of a concrete cell. Standing nearby is a U.S. soldier identified in records as Sgt. Evans, alongside a civilian interpreter named Nakhla, who is filling out administrative paperwork on the wall directly next to the prisoner. [ ABU GHRAIB PRISON HISTORICAL TIMELINE ] 1950s