The amount to take care of a prisoner is outrageous, the average price to hold one detainee in Guantanamo bay is $3.3 million. In a high security prison inside the United States it only costs around $20,000-40,000 per year. This is costing the United States a lot of money. If the detainees were transferred to a regular prison inside the United States, the government would be able to use that money on more important things. Closing Guantanamo bay would only give the inmates a new prison. It would also show we are moving on from the attacks that happened at the world trade center. If they are the most dangerous criminals do we want them on our home land?
The prisoners inside the prison aren't treated as they should be. Some prisoners that have let go free claim to have been tortured to get information out of them. They said they used some really inhumane type of torture such as water boarding, sleep deprivation , mock executions and rectal rehydration. The government knows this goes on but no official has been accused of inhumane treatment. The prisoners haven't had fair trials either. 32 inmates are set to be prosecuted but only one so far has fully been prosecuted. This isn't right, people should always be treated fairly even if they have chosen the wrong path to live by.
The image above shows a inmate at Guantanamo bay having a hunger strike. Many inmates inside the prison have tried to hold hunger strikes but they never work. They never work because the government starts to force feed the inmates after they start to lose weight. The government wants to keep this a secret but some people are getting there hands on some videos that shows them force feeding. If the public is able to get their hands on the video the prison would have to shut down.
Inmates don't have a voice once they are accused, they don't have a chance of getting out. In "The Crucible" people can get accused of being a witch. Once a person is accused they have little to no chance of getting out of execution or prison. People in both situations could say all they want but their fate was already decided once they were accused. Why do people believe what other people are saying without solid proof. Inmates in Guantanamo could be falsely accused just like in "The Crucible" but our beliefs make us think that they will do something bad to us.
We should't let this go on. People could live their whole life in prison for something that hasn't been proved yet. People are tortured and force feed but we let it go on. People like Obama have tried to shut down Guantanamo bay but many groups protest against that. I personally believe Guantanamo should be shut down.
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