Camp Bucca
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Camp Bucca
Step-by-step guidance using the Iraq system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).
Photo by Specialist Matthew G. Keeler via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Specialist Matthew G. Keeler via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Clark via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
Camp Bucca (Arabic: سج٠بÙÙا, romanized: Sijn BÅ«kÄ) was a forward operating base that housed a theater internment facility maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr, Iraq. After being taken over by the U.S. military (800th Military Police Brigade) in April 2003, it was renamed after Ronald Bucca, the only New York City fire marshal in history to be killed in the line of duty, during the 11 September 2001 attacks. The site where Camp Bucca was built had earlier housed the tallest structure in Iraq, a 492-meter-high TV mast. After the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, many detainees from Abu Ghraib were transferred to Bucca, where U.S. authorities hoped to showcase a model detention facility. Nevertheless, Camp Bucca was the scene of prisoner abuse documented over many years by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and U.S. Army investigators.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
2003
Closed 2009
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
United States ArmyPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2003
Region
—
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi1971–2019 · imam- Ali Aswad al-Jiburi1953–2016 · terrorist
Ali Aswad al-Jiburi (Arabic: عÙ٠أسÙد اÙجبÙرÙ), better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Ayman al-Iraqi (Arabic: أب٠أÙ٠٠اÙعراÙÙ), was an Islamic State commander and Shura council member killed on 18 May 2016 by an airstrike in northern Iraq.
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi1976–2022 · military leader
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q489740)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Camp Bucca. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-bucca
"Camp Bucca." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-bucca.
@misc{worldprisons-camp-bucca,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Camp Bucca},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-bucca},
urldate = {2026-10-15}
}