Guantanamo Bay
America’s moral and legal wartime experiment comes to an end. Now what?
Gitmo by the Numbers
779 Total detainees imprisoned in Guantanamo since 2002.
23 Detainees who were charged with a crime. Two were convicted. One pled guilty. Six died. Over 500 others were released without charges.
229 Detainees still in Guantanamo whose future is unclear. Will they be tried in criminal courts? Military courts? Held indefinitely? Released? If so, to where?
50 Approximate number of the 229 cleared for release, yet countries hesitate to offer them a home. Have they become prisoners of politics?