Iraq prison abuse scandal

Video: Iraq probes ‘prison abuse’

 

 
 Iraq to investigate ‘prison abuse’  
 

Prisoners in Iraq are claiming widespread cases of abuse and torture at the hands of their jailers.

At least 300 detainees at a Baghdad facility have gone on hunger strike to protest against “politically motivated” treatment.

Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, has ordered an investigation into conditions within the prison system.

Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Saleh reports.