U.S. holds 600 Iraqi juvenile prisoners

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U.S. holds 600 Iraqi juvenile prisoners
By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, January 26, 2008

The U.S. military in Iraq is holding some 600 juvenile prisoners — ranging in age from 11 to 17 — and is building educational programs to address their special needs, officials said this week.

According to Navy Lt. Cmdr. K.C. Marshall, a spokesman for the task force that handles prisons and prisoners in Iraq, the juveniles are all held at Camp Cropper in Baghdad. Each day, they are bused from Cropper to the Dar Al Hikmah, or “House of Wisdom,” an “educational and rehabilitation facility” near the Baghdad airport, Marshall said.

There, they are given courses in core subjects such as Arabic, English, math, science and civics in the hope of preparing them “to continue their education in the Iraqi school system upon reintegration into society.”

The center was opened in August and is the only American detention facility meant specifically to house juvenile prisoners in Iraq. In all, there are some 26,000 prisoners in the U.S. system in Iraq; that number has risen steadily over previous years as a result of the “surge” in Baghdad and other locations.

“( Multi-National Force-Iraq ) recognizes and accepts the responsibilities inherent to juvenile detention,” a U.S. statement read. “It continually evaluates its care and custody provisions and reintegration programs to ensure juveniles are afforded every opportunity to prepare themselves for successful reintegration into Iraqi society.”


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=51925

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1. hey, we're 'Murika we toture and kill and imprison women and children

ain't we proud? :puke: