The Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend that up to 60% of the estimated 12,000 prisoners being held in Iraq face intimidation, beatings or torture that leads to broken bones and sometimes death. The paper quotes officials from Iraq’s Ministry of Human Rights as well as international human rights groups and defense attorneys in the country. Saad Sultan who is head of a board overseeing the treatment of prisoners at the Human Rights Ministry told the paper “There are beatings, punching, electric shocks to the body, including sensitive areas, hanging prisoners upside down and beating them and dragging them on the ground.” He added that police and security forces attached to the Interior Ministry are responsible for most abuses.