Abu Ghraib was hell, US soldier tells  August 7, 2004 - 2:16PM
Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was hell, a dangerous place staffed by
poorly trained guards and short on such basics as soap and men's
underwear for inmates, a US soldier testified today.  The
testimony drew a disturbing picture of peril and turmoil at the
jail near Baghdad on the fourth day of a military court hearing
to determine if US Army private Lynndie England, the female
soldier photographed holding a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash,
will stand trial for prisoner abuse.  The abuse scandal shocked
the world and hampered US efforts to stabilise Iraq amid a
bloody insurgency.  Sergeant Hydrue Joyner, a member of
England's 372nd Military Police Company, called Abu Ghraib hell
and said he considered it a highly dangerous place when he
arrived in October because ''the whole prison system was
corrupt''.  The plain-spoken soldier described a prison
painfully short on supplies where he handed out personal items
from his own ''Care'' packages from home be