Sabrina Harman
Soldier convicted of prisoner abuse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Sabrina Harman?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Sabrina D. Harman (born January 5, 1978) is a former American soldier and convicted war criminal 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.
Sabrina Harman | |
---|---|
Born | (1978-01-05) January 5, 1978 (age 46) Lorton, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | United States Army reservist |
Criminal status | Released |
Conviction(s) | Maltreating detainees (4 counts) Conspiracy to maltreat detainees Dereliction of duty |
Criminal penalty | 6 months imprisonment plus a bad conduct discharge |
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.