Inside an Islamic State prison
Islamic State built prison cells inside an ordinary villa in Mosul as part of the group's tactic of boosting the safety of its jails and security centers by concealing them among regular houses.
Despite their outward appearance, the jails had the regular attributes of state-run detention centers where inmates have their documents and belongings taken away when they arrive, to be given back to them if and when they are released.
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He said former members of the Iraqi armed forces were kept in this cell, along with Yazidis, the religious community who suffered the most under Islamic State because the hardline group considered them devil worshippers.
"Here they kept 'violators'" of their laws, he said. "But they are the real violators" in the eyes of Iraqi law, he added.
A member of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division inspects a room used as a cell for women.
A member of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division searches through a desk.
The shadow of a member of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division is seen in a room used as a cell for men.
The photo of an unidentified girl is seen on a desk.
A member of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division holds a self made bomb.
A coffee mug is seen on a table.
Documents and envelopes are scattered inside an office.
Damaged surveillance monitors are seen in the control room.
Materials for making self made bombs are seen on the floor.
Rotten food is seen on a kitchen table.
Clothing left behind by Islamic State militants is seen on the floor.
A member of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division.
A steel gate leads to a section of a compound used as prison for men.
Members of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division stand outside a compound used as a prison by Islamic State militants.
