HUNDREDS of suspected ISIS jihadis are being held in a cramped and stifling prison near Mosul after they were captured by Iraqi forces liberating the city.
Reporters from the Associated Press saw more than 100 prisoners packed into one dark room, lined up shoulder to shoulder on the floor.
There is no electricity or ventilation, despite daytime temperatures well over 45C (110F).
The Iraqi officer in charge of the grim jail said it currently holds some 370 prisoners.
He says authorities were overwhelmed with detainees as Iraqi forces cleared the last neighborhoods of the city earlier this month at the end of a gruelling nine-month campaign.
He said: “Prisoners are infected with diseases, lots of health and skin problems, because they’re not exposed to the sun.
“The majority can’t walk. Their legs are swollen because they can’t move.”
More than 1,150 detainees have passed through the prison over the past three months, with 540 sent to Baghdad for further investigation, the officer said…
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