But the president remains determined to have his way on the other big issue - how jailers treat prisoners.

He could be a doctor who had never treated prisoners at all.

She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners.

The Taliban had used the ward to treat wounded prisoners.

For years they were the most harshly treated prisoners.

We routinely treat prisoners in the United States like animals.

They, too, were treated like animals, which was simply a logical extension of the way we treat prisoners here at home.

How did the Russians treat prisoners who'd killed helpless men?

"I don't think there was a regime in the world that treated political prisoners the way Saddam did," he said.

The Germans stopped treating ordinary prisoners and focused on those that could help the war effort.