Sunni political coalition -- the Iraqi Accord Front -- cited the centers as one reason for quitting the government during the summer . Last month , the U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Lion 's Paw in which between 50 and 70 detainees would be released daily during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan after taking a pledge not to rejoin the insurgency against the Shiite-led government . `` This pledge is an Iraqi pledge , a pledge before an Iraqi judge , frequently with a family member present , '' Stone said . `` I am pleased to tell you that in the more 1,000 that have gone through this program and taken the pledge , not one has returned to threaten Iraqi or coalition forces . '' Stone said the releases would continue at the same pace beyond Ramadan . Stone 's description seems a far cry from the Abu Ghraib prison operated by the U.S. military in the first years after the invasion . That prison was closed down and razed in the wake of an international scandal over prisoner abuse . `` There are no secrets that go on in detention , '' Stone said . `` Our
BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- None of the 1,000-plus Iraqi detainees freed in recent weeks have broken a pledge not to return to the insurgency , according to the Marine general who oversees the U.S. detention centers in Iraq . A U.S. military panel reviews a detainee 's case at Camp Cropper near Baghdad . Speaking in Arabic , Maj. Gen. Doug Stone on Wednesday reassured Iraqis about how the 25,000 detainees -- mostly Sunnis -- are treated after being taken into custody on suspicion of involvement in the insurgency . Stone described the detention system as `` open and transparent , '' saying it makes the detainees better citizens and helps break the cycle of violence and poverty in the country . Stone said detainees get free medical care equal to what he gets as a general , food and water made to Islamic standards , educational opportunities , jobs skills and contact with families . The U.S. detention centers -- at Camp Bucca near the southern port city of Basra and in Camp Cropper near Baghdad -- are political sore points for Sunnis , who make up 83 percent of the detainees held . The main