BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s justice minister says authorities have closed down a notorious prison west of Baghdad over security concerns.

Hassan al-Shimmari said Tuesday that 2,400 inmates have been transferred from Abu Ghraib to other prisons in safer areas of the country. He says it was a precautionary measure because the Abu Ghraib facility is located in “a restive area.”

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