Obama making renewed push to close Gitmo

The White House says it is in the final stages of drafting a plan to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba – one of President Barack Obama’s top goals when he took office in 2009
--------------------------------------------------------------------
STATUS OF GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES (As of Jun 26)

52 Cleared for release

116 Total number of detainees remaining

3 Currently serving / awaiting sentence from Guantanamo Bay military commission

32 Held pending further review

29 Referred for possible prosecution

780 Total number of detainees ever imprisoned at Guantanamo Baysince facility opened in Jan 2002

532 Number of detainees released under administration of President George W. Bush

122 Number of detainees released under administration of President Barack Obama

99 Number of current detainees imprisoned for more than 10 years (more than 85 percent)

Over 200 Number of FBI agents who reportedabusive treatment of detainees 

9 Number of detainees who have died in custody (includes seven apparent suicides)

$34,000 Yearly cost to U.S. taxpayers of prisoner in high security federal prison 

Over $3m Yearly cost to hold each detainee at Guantanamo Bay

$400m Approximate annual cost of running prison

Over 500 Number of terrorism suspects convictedin federal courts since 9/11   

8 Number of detainees convicted by Guantanamo Bay military commission (three still being held)

92% Percentage of detainees not categorised as Al Qaeda(according to U.S. government dataon 517 detainees held in 2006)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Sources: Human Rights First, ACLU

Picture: Getty Images

words 244