Abuse of prisoners in Iraqi jails continues

Citing US and Iraqi sources involved with the inspections, the Post said US troops did not respond by transferring all of the detainees to safety, as they did after finding 173 prisoners, some of whom showed signs of torture, in a secret Baghdad bunker in November.

Only a small number of the most severely abused detainees at one of six detention centres inspected since November were moved for medical treatment, while prisoners at two others were transferred to ease overcrowding, the Post said.