Popular Culture
- The documentary Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), directed by Rory Kennedy, investigated the abuses.
- Standard Operating Procedure (2008) is a documentary that which explores the events surrounding the Abu Ghraib events. It was directed by Errol Morris.
- Precise quotes of Abu Ghraib's pictures can be seen in Alfonso Cuarón's film Children of Men (2006).
- Abu Ghraib was referenced in the first season finale of Lie to Me. (2009)
- Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero painted a series of paintings having the Abu Ghraib torture as a subject matter after he was shocked by the images shown by the press.
- In the Homeland (TV series), Saul threatens to make known a drone attack by the US government which killed 82 Iraqi children; however Estes calls his bluff, saying Saul won't because it would become the enemy's biggest recruiting tool since Abu Ghraib.
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