Should the government use GTMO for refugees in the future?
Your Answers
34% Yes
66% No

yes As long as they improve the facilities and the conditions for refugees I think it would have a better purpose if it is used as a refugee camp instead of a prison.

Paula Caicedo, New Orleans, LA

yes Yes So long as it maintains facilities and respects people's human rights. Its function should be to aid and provide assistance to any human being in need. Especially in the cases of disaster relief.

Kevin Maloney, Fargo, ND.

no are more human methods of handling incarceration or criminals in the system

Submitted by SMS

no using the property of another country, against that countries will, to house what we consider the most evil people on the planet because we're too scared and weak to house them on our own soil? Thanks America, you guys sure are a good people. I bet you all believe in God. boy it really shows!

rich lee, miami, ga

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This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.