The abuse was so humiliating that one detainee said he ``had wanted to kill himself and does not know how he will face his family and friends,'' prosecutor Captain Chris Graveline told jurors.

Under an agreement with the prosecution, the reservist private pleaded guilty Monday to seven charges of abuse. She faces a maximum prison term of 11 years.

For more than an hour on the evening of November 7, 2003, England and her co-conspirators abused seven Iraqis accused of being ringleaders in a prison riot and had ``no military intelligence value,'' Graveline said.

Soldiers beat the prisoners and forced them to simulate sexual acts as England, 22, both took and posed for pictures. At one point, while a prisoner was being forced to masturbate, she said ``he's getting hotter,'' Graveline told the jury of five men and one woman who had been shown photographs and video clips detailing the abuse.

England's defense attorney said the message the trial should send to Iraqis is that ``justice is going to be done.''

England pleaded guilty to being a ``participant'' in the abuse, even though she didn't instigate any of the actions, Rick Hernandez said, adding that England shouldn't have to ``pay for the acts of others.''

England, who faces six counts of maltreatment and one count of committing an indecent act, told the court she knew her actions were wrong but gave in to pressure to pose in photographs.

The alleged ringleader of the abuse, Charles Graner, who had been scheduled to testify, handed a note to reporters as he was led out of the court in handcuffs.

``Knowing what happened in Iraq, it was very upsetting to see Lynn plead guilty to her charges,'' he wrote of the mother of his infant son.

Graner, who has recently married another soldier charged in the scandal and is serving a 10-year term for his role in the abuse, reiterated his claim that he was ordered to abuse the prisoners.

Of the eight soldiers charged over the abuse scandal, only Graner's case has gone to trial. Five soldiers pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from a dishonorable discharge to eight years in prison. The remaining soldier charged, Specialist Sabrina Harman, goes on trial May 11.