The U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be needed for years to come, U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested Tuesday.
There is no alternative location to hold and interrogate the suspected terrorists held there, he said.
"I don't know any place where we have infrastructure that's appropriate for that sizable group of people," he said during a Pentagon news conference.
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In early 2004, United Press International correspondent, John Daly, produced a ground-breaking report, purporting to establish the nationalities of 95% of the detainees being held in US custody at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The first of its kind, it accounted for 619 in total...
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Fifty-two detainees at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are staging a hunger strike in protest at their detention and treatment.
So far, the men have refused nine consecutive meals over three days, the US military said in a statement.
The detainees are being monitored by medical professionals and their vital signs are being checked daily.
More than 500 inmates are currently being held at Guantanamo. Only four have been charged.
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CALIFORNIA
AVERAGE DAILY PRISON POPULATION
CALENDAR YEAR Oct-Dec 2004
Total Population: 152,689
PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON (supermax): 3,438
VALLEY STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN (supermax): 3,653
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"Prisoners in these facilities may be confined for nearly 24 hours a day in sometimes windowless cells with solid doors, with no work, training or other programs. The facilities are designed to minimize contact between staff and inmates, and prisoners are often subjected to regimes of extreme social isolation and reduced sensory stimulation."
Amnesty International report on supermax prisons
