Sabrina Harman

Sabrina Harman
Sabrina Harman posing over the body of Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner who was tortured to death in United States custody during interrogation at Abu Ghraib prison in November 2003
Born (1978-01-05) January 5, 1978 (age 46)
Lorton, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationUnited States Army reservist
Criminal statusReleased
Conviction(s)Maltreating detainees (4 counts)
Conspiracy to maltreat detainees
Dereliction of duty
Criminal penalty6 months imprisonment plus a bad conduct discharge

Sabrina D. Harman (born January 5, 1978) is an American former soldier who was court-martialed by the United States Army for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of her Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, she was accused of allowing and inflicting physical and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad during the United States' occupation of Iraq.

Harman was convicted of maltreatment of detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, and dereliction of duty. She was sentenced to six months in prison, forfeiture of all her pay and benefits, demoted, and given a bad conduct discharge.[1] She was imprisoned in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar in San Diego, California.[2]

Harman consistently acknowledged a fear that the abuses being committed at Abu Ghraib, both during her time at the facility,[3] and afterwards during her sentencing,[4] would be a cause for the rise of further radicalization in the region, as would later be seen in the formation of groups such as ISIL.

  1. ^ "U.S. reservist guilty of Abu Ghraib abuses". msnbc.com. 2005-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. ^ Siegel, Andrea F. "Convicted reservist testifies Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine." The Baltimore Sun. July 17, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
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