All you need do is look at the facts and any concerns about the detainees at Gitmo being a threat to Americans in our Federal State Maximum Security Prisons will soon be at ease. Just look at the comparison of Guantanamo Bay Prison compared with ADX Federal Super Max Prison in Florence, CO. Which do you think is more secure? Let's take a closer look shall we?
ADX Federal Super Max Prison:
Cost: 108.6 million. (over 60 million in 1983 when it was built, adjusted for inflation)
Most Secure Prison – Housing 473 convicts, the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX, or Supermax, as it is commonly called) is the situated in Florence, Colorado and is home to the convicts deemed to be the most dangerous and the ones most in need of maximum surveillance and control. Nearly all prisoners are kept in solitary confinement for roughly 23 hours a day, with the last hour being used for exercise, conducted alone, with their only human interaction being with the officers that control the place. Each cell contains furniture purely made out of concrete, with a toilet the shuts off if it gets plugged up (to prevent flooding, which is why the shower runs on a timer). Any windows in the cells are designed at such an angle so that the prisoner cannot pinpoint his position in the prison (what with only being able to see sky or roof through them). Outside of the cells, there are over 1000 remote-controlled steel doors, as well as the usual CCTV cameras, along with motion detectors, razor wire, attack dogs and pressure pads. No one’s getting out of this place.
Guantanamo Bay only cost 60 million in 2002 and aside from that we know very little due to the classified nature of the facility. We do know that it consists of 7 camps the largest a 612-unit detention center, which goes largely unused being that we only hold 245 detainees. All I can say is that I'm sure an extra 48 million dollar procures a bit more security. Let us not forget these are "people" not X-men mutants with super powers capable of tearing through concrete and steel walls with their teeth and claws! It's ridiculous. I think the real political issue lies in the know that if we bring them here, we'll have to start accounting for who's here and for what? Officials have already said of those incarcerated 60-80% will be released without any charges whatsoever! Prime exhibit of a detainee who probably shouldn't be locked up is Salim Hamdan who was a chauffeur for Osama Bin Laden, admitting he needed the $200 monthly salary. A chauffeur! Compare that with Florence prisoner population containing roughly 22% of inmates that have killed fellow prisoners in other correctional facilities; 35% have attempted to attack other prisoners or officers. Do we even have any murderers in Gitmo? Let alone ones that have killed prison staff or guards? Wow the argument made by the right that Guantanamo's detainees are the most dangerous in the world...sounds a bit like a bunch of bull.
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