Iraq detention facilities "near capacity"

With the rise in insurgent activity preceding the election and the attack on Fallujah in November, the number of detainees has reached a high in Iraq, according to the Seattle Times. The question raised by this article seems to be, how will the Coalition deal with detentions if insurgent activity continues at the same level after the election? What are the implications for detainees and US military police if prisons begin to push capacity limits?

Major U.S.-run detention facilities in Iraq are nearing capacity, with the number of suspected insurgents in custody yesterday at the highest level since March, according to detention officials.

The U.S. military has about 7,900 so-called security detainees [...]

Military officials said the surge in detainees reflects the expansion of the insurgency campaign aimed at disrupting Iraq's first democratic elections in nearly half a century.