Prisoner Photos

WARNING: some of the photos contained here depict violent or graphic scenes.

A U.S. military investigation has led to findings of blatant and sadistic abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war by U.S. military police and perhaps others. It has drawn wide condemnation, particularly after the following photos documenting the mistreatment have surfaced.

U.S. soldiers stand behind a pyramid of naked Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq, in this undated photo. The soldier in back has been identified as Charles A. Graner, 35, of the 372nd Military Police Company. Graner is charged with conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assaulting detainees, indecent acts, adultery and obstruction of justice.

Prisoners are stacked in a pyramid, one with a slur written on his skin in English. The Army's investigation started when one soldier got these photos from a friend, and gave them to his commanders.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick poses for a photograph by sitting on top of a detainee. Frederick, 37, of the 372nd Military Police Company, was the senior enlisted soldier at Abu Ghraib prison when the abuses are alleged to have occurred. He faces charges of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees and committing an indecent act.

Spc. Lynndie England, 21, points to a hooded and naked prisoner lined up with others at Abu Ghraib. She faces four charges, including assaulting the detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.

England points at a hooded and naked Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison. In an interview with CBS station KCNC-TV, England said she had no regrets about how the prisoners were treated, and repeatedly insisted that her actions were dictated by "persons in my higher chain of command."

England and Graner give the thumbs-up behind a group of Iraqi prisoners stacked in a pile. According to Graner's military charge sheet, he faces seven charges, including adultery for having sex with England, who was married. She also faces charges in the prison scandal, and family members have said she is pregnant with Graner's child.

A pile of hooded and naked inmates at Abu Ghraib prison.

An American soldier surveys a group of bound Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison.

A badly beaten Iraqi appears dead in this photo from Abu Ghraib. The military is investigating at least 14 prisoner deaths in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, there are "some deaths" at Abu Ghraib being probed.

Hooded prisoners are posed and made to sit on each other at Abu Ghraib prison. Arabs consider public nudity dishonorable.

A hooded prisoner stands on a box with wires attached to his hands. The prisoner was allegedly told that if he fell off the box, he would be electrocuted, although the wires were not really connected to a power supply.

A hooded prisoner sits atop another detainee at Abu Ghraib prison.

Two naked detainees at Abu Ghraib are forced to simulate a sex act.

Hooded prisoners are photographed in a pile at Abu Ghraib. As outrage in the Arab world over the prisoner abuses continued, President Bush went on Arab TV and said Americans were appalled by scandal, and promised that "justice will be delivered."

Sgt. Charles Graner of the 372nd Military Police Company, poses with the body of a dead Iraqi man packed in ice in this undated photo, obtained by ABC News and allegedly taken by Sgt. Chip Frederick in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

In this undated photo obtained by ABC News from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Army Spc. Sabrina Harman of the 372nd Military Police Company poses with the body of a dead Iraqi man packed in ice. Harman is among those soldiers facing charges in the scandal.

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