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BAGHDAD — Iraq will reopen the notorious Abu Ghraib prison next month, but it’s getting a face-lift and a new name, a senior justice official said Saturday.
The heavily fortified compound of gray, stonewalled buildings and watchtowers has come to symbolize American abuse of some prisoners captured in Iraq after photos were released showing U.S. soldiers sexually humiliating inmates at the facility.
The renovated facility will be called Baghdad’s Central Prison. The prison will house 3,500 inmates when it reopens in mid-February and will have a capacity for about 15,000 by the end of this year, said deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim.
