Trump to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of Barack Obama’s eight-year effort to shut it down

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Leeward Airfield
Caribbean Sea
U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay
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Guantanamo Bay detention camp
4km  2.5 miles

Guantanamo Bay facility has been used since 9/11 attacks to detain what U.S. calls “enemy combatants”


780 Total detainees held at Guantanamo since 2002 – many without charge or trial 
532 Detainees released under President George W. Bush 
197 Detainees released under President Barack Obama
9  Detainees who died in custody, seven from apparent suicides
1  Detainee transferred to U.S.for prosecution
$445m Approximate yearly cost to operate prison – over $10 million for each detainee


STATUS OF REMAINING DETAINEES
(as of December 2017)
Total of 41 detainees remaining
5 Approved for release
3 Convicted by military commission and still held
10 Being tried by military commission under Trump administration
23 Being held under indefinite detention without charge or trial


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Sources: Associated Press, Human Rights First        © GRAPHIC NEWS