At least 100 US military members have been held accountable for their roles in mistreating detainees or allowing mistreatment to occur, the American Forces Press Service reported Thursday.

Since allegations of detainee mistreatment surfaced, the Defense Department and the military services have conducted 10 major reviews, assessments and investigations, which produced more than 500 specific recommendations for improving detention operations, officials were quoted as saying.

As a result of the reviews, which involved more than 1,700 interviews and more than 16,000 pages of information, at least 100 military members - officers and enlistees -- have been held accountable for their roles in mistreating detainees or allowing mistreatment to occur, the officials said.

The reports generated from these investigations and reviews "have formed a comprehensive picture of what's been done to date and where we need to improve," said Matthew Waxman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, during an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service.

Waxman's position was created in July 2004, to provide policy- and strategy-development advice on detainee issues to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, following revelations in late April last year of the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, which sparked international outrage and attracted worldwide condemnation.