Sabrina Harman

Born

1978-01-05

Birthplace

Loudon County, Virginia, USA

Biography

Sabrina D. Harman (born January 5, 1978) is a former American soldier, who was court-martialed by the United States Army for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of her Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, she was accused of allowing and inflicting physical and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad during the United States' occupation of Iraq. Harman was convicted of maltreatment of detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, and dereliction of duty. She was sentenced to six months in prison, forfeiture of all her pay and benefits, demoted, and given a bad conduct discharge. Harman was imprisoned in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar in San Diego, California.