Ivan Frederick

Ivan "Chip" Frederick
Ivan Frederick interrogating a bound detainee in Abu Ghraib prison.
Born	1966 (age 57–58) Buckingham County, Virginia, U.S.
Criminal status	Released
Conviction(s)	Maltreating detainees Conspiracy to maltreat detainees Dereliction of duty Assault Indecent acts
Criminal penalty	8 years imprisonment plus a dishonorable discharge
Military career
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Army (Dishonorably discharged)
Years of service	1984–2004[1]
Rank	Private
Unit	372nd Military Police Company
Battles / wars	Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom Occupation of Iraq

Frederick sitting on an Iraqi detainee between two stretchers in Abu Ghraib prison.

Ivan "Chip" Frederick II (born 1966) is an American former soldier who was court-martialed for prisoner abuse after the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Along with other soldiers of his Army Reserve unit, the 372nd Military Police Company, Frederick was accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad during the United States' occupation of Iraq. In May 2004, Frederick pleaded guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault, and indecent acts. He was sentenced to 8 years' confinement and loss of rank and pay, and he received a dishonorable discharge.^[2][3][4] He was released on parole in October 2007, after spending four years in prison.

Frederick was a staff sergeant and the senior enlisted soldier at the prison from October to December 2003. Prior to his deployment to Iraq, Frederick was a corrections officer at Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Virginia.^[5][6]

See also

• Charles Graner
• Lynndie England
• Jeremy Sivits
• Megan Ambuhl
• Standard Operating Procedure (film)

References

1. Zimbardo, Philip (2007). The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. New York: Random House. pp. 341.
2. "Detainee Abuse: Abu Ghraib Court Martial: Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick, USA" Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Steven C. Welsh, Esq., CDI Research Analyst, October 26, 2004, International Security Law Project, Center for Defense Information
3. "I asked for help and warned of this but nobody would listen". theguardian.com. May 1, 2004.
4. "Eight years for US soldier who abused prisoners". theguardian.com. October 22, 2004.
5. Dao, James; Lichtblau, Eric (May 8, 2004). "Soldier's Family Set in Motion Chain of Events on Disclosure". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
6. "Torture ad Abu Ghraib, solo 6 mesi alla soldatessa della piramide umana". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 18, 2005.

Further reading

• Zimbardo, Philip (2007). The Lucifer effect: How good people turn evil. Rider. ISBN 978-1-84604-103-7. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

External links

• Interview with Philip Zimbardo Archived 2007-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (scroll to 51:50)
• Philip Zimbardo at TED.org