Notorious Abu Ghraib guard released from prison
(CNN) -- A former guard termed a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was released from prison Saturday.
Charles Graner Jr., a U.S. Army reservist, served 6 ½ years of his 10-year term at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, said Army spokesperson Rebecca Steed.
Graner, from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was credited with good conduct.
He served his prison term as a private, with no salary, and was to be dishonorably discharged after release.
He was convicted in January 2005 of indecent acts, dereliction of duty, conspiracy to commit maltreatment and assault consummated by battery.
Photos of U.S. military personnel abusing naked and restrained prisoners in the facility outside Baghdad shocked the world when the scandal broke in early 2004.
Graner, a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, was convicted of photographing a detainee being dragged by another guard, Pfc. Lynndie England, by a leash wrapped around the prisoner's neck, and posing for a photograph with Spc. Sabrina Harman behind a pyramid of naked prisoners.
One count of dereliction of duty accused him of "failing to protect prisoners from abuse, cruelty and maltreatment."
The maltreatment of detainees charges accused Graner of placing the prisoners in the pyramid, photographing them and posing with them; ordering prisoners to masturbate in front of other detainees and soldiers and simulate a sex act; being photographed as if he were going to hit a detainee; and encouraging England to drag a prisoner by a leash.
The assault charge accused him of striking a detainee with an expandable baton. He also was convicted of observing detainees masturbating while other soldiers watched and took photos.
Graner, 42, who participated in correctional and vocation programs while incarcerated, will be on supervised release until December 2014, Steed told CNN.
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Charles Graner Jr., a US Army reservist, served 6 ½ years of his 10-year term at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, said Army spokesperson Rebecca Steed. Graner, from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was credited with good conduct.
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