Knowledge Session: History of Prison Camps & Guantanamo Bay

From the very early times, war­ring coun­tries have had pris­on­ers of war. From the early B.C. eras to middle ages and today, there’s a con­stant evol­u­tion of how to treat pris­on­ers of war.

There is no pris­on camp more debated and argued about than Guantanamo Bay. Referred to as “Gitmo”, this pris­on camp was sup­posed to be shut down by Pres­id­ent Obama in 2009. How­ever, it’s still up and run­ning – and at a hefty price. While it costs $30,000 per year to house an inmate in a fed­er­al pris­on sys­tem, and $70,000 per year at a fed­er­al max pris­on, one pris­on­er at Gitmo will cost $3 mil­lion annu­ally. With over 779 pris­on­ers housed there since 2002, and the 200 plus FBI agents who have repor­ted pris­on­er abuses at Gitmo, it’s sur­pris­ing that this facil­ity is still in operation.

This infograph­ic delves into the past treat­ment of pris­on­ers of war, the debate sur­round­ing Gitmo, and the costs and stat­ist­ics behind the facility.

Feel free to like, com­ment, and share this infograph­ic from www.infographicworld.com entitled “Where Does Gitmo Fit In? The Long, Wind­ing His­tory of Pris­on Camps”

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Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

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