And you thought Abu Ghraib was bad

Five U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, containing over 15,000 prisoners, were recently scheduled to be turned over to Iraqi authorities; however, Pusho Ibrahim Yei, deputy minister of justice, has asked that the turnover be delayed, stating, "We cannot control the prisons. It is as simple as that."

And why can't the Iraqis control the prisons? Yei explained, "Our jails are infiltrated by [Shia] militias from top to bottom, from Basra to Baghdad." He went on to say hundreds of prisoners had been helped to escape while Sunnis had been tortured and taken out of jail and shot. A Sunni MP, after visiting a prison run by the interior ministry, claimed dozens of inmates had been raped and families of prisoners had been tortured to force the captives to testify.

The horror continues.