The decision to move prisoners of the Islamic State group from northeast Syria to detention centers in Iraq came after a request by officials in Baghdad that was welcomed by the U.S.-led coalition and the Syrian government,

Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody in Syria to neighbouring Iraq, whose premier urged EU countries to repatriate their nationals.

(CNN) — Here's some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Facts: Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Justice has opened a middle school inside Nasiriyah Central Prison to support inmate rehabilitation, reduce illiteracy, and promote reintegration through education.

Syria’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the government’s prisons authority is now in charge of al-Aqtan prison, north of the northern city of Raqqa, and that the files of the detainees are being reviewed.