camp bucca called it simply camp hell. it wasn t just crowded, it was violent. hey, let s go, let s go. in 2005, riots broke out. go back, go back. detainees went on a rampage taking over whole sections of the prison camp. american forces amassed outside the fences firing into the crowds. at least four prisoners were killed. now, this is camp bucca. major general doug stone was brought in to fix camp bucca. even he was wary of the inmates. here he is giving cnn s nic robertson a tour in 2008. we got about 2,000 identified al qaeda here in the theater internment facility. they are hard to break. you got shields up here to protect us. everyone is crowded around
this is camp bucca, an american prison. during the iraq war, the most dangerous jihadis were locked up here, up to 20,000 of the country s angriest men. some americans who worked at camp bucca called it simply camp hell. it wasn t just crowded, it was violent. in 2005, riots broke out. detainees went on a rampage, taking over whole sections of the prison camp. american forces massed outside the fences, firing into the crowds. at least four prisoners were killed. now, this is camp bucca. reporter: major general doug stone was brought in to fix camp bucca. even he was wary of the inmates. here he is giving cnn s nic robertson a tour in 2008. we have about 2,000 identified al qaeda here in the theater internment facility. they re very hard to break. you have shields up here to protect us. everyone down here is crowded around, looking at us now. right. but this is not a place that you want to hang around. we don t want to stand here that
to film inside because you can t have shots of prisoners, although the military provided this video before it opened. it s home to more than 900 prisoners of this war. that s a much smaller number than the tens of thousands of people imprisoned in iraq in any time. some infamous, sometimes skand yus conditions. after the international outcry following the incidents, the pentagon, with the support of the obama administration, decided to build a new facility and established the military-led joint task force 435 to run it. it s a newer facility designed specifically as a theater internment facility. the cells are designed to hold detainees. they re not prefabricated out of mesh. reporter: the people who run it say one of the goals is to educate the detainees in the hopes once they re released they will be able to earn a living and not be tempted to join the taliban.
facility, but were not allowed to film inside because you can t have shots of prisoners, although the military provided this video before it opened. it s home to more than 900 prisoners of this war. that s a much smaller number than the tens of thousands of people imprisoned in iraq in any time. some infamous, sometimes skand yus conditions. after the international outcry following the incidents, the pentagon, with the support of the obama administration, decided to build a new facility and established the military-led joint task force 435 to run it. it s a newer facility designed specifically as a theater internment facility. the cells are designed to hold detainees. they re not prefabricated out of mesh. reporter: the people who run it say one of the goals is to educate the detainees in the hopes once they re released they