A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago. The jury found Reston, Virginia-based CACI liable for the abuse suffered by the plaintiffs during their time at the prison in 2003 and 2004.
The three plaintiffs were awarded $3 million each in compensatory damages and $11 million each in punitive damages. They testified about enduring beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity, and other cruel treatment at Abu Ghraib. While they did not accuse CACI's interrogators of directly inflicting the abuse, they argued that the company was complicit in conspiring with military police to mistreat detainees.
