Camp 6

Camp 6 at Guantanamo Camp Xray, according to an October 4, 2004, Legal Times article, "mentioned that plans were underway to construct a new permanent facility dubbed Camp 6 at Camp Delta. The new facility would reportedly hold 200 detainees and would cost $24 million to build. It, along with Camp 5, would be the only permanent detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. According to the report, construction on the new facility was believed unlikely to begin before the end of 2004. Camp 6 was expected to comply with American Corrections Association standards regarding the prison's daily operations and to be used for long-term incarcerations and rehabilitations." [1]

The Washington Post's Dana Priest reported Sunday, January 2, 2005, that Bush Administration "officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.

"The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions, including for hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts. The outcome of the review, which also involves the State Department, would also affect those expected to be captured in the course of future counterterrorism operations."

"As part of a solution, the Defense Department, which holds 500 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, plans to ask Congress for $25 million to build a 200-bed prison to hold detainees who are unlikely to ever go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence, according to defense officials.

"The new prison, dubbed Camp 6, would allow inmates more comfort and freedom than they have now, and would be designed for prisoners the government believes have no more intelligence to share, the officials said. It would be modeled on a U.S. prison and would allow socializing among inmates."

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External links

• Carol Rosenberg, "Permanent Jail Set for Guantánamo," Miami Herald, December 9, 2004.
• "US Said to Mull Lifetime Terror-Suspect Detentions," Reuters, January 2, 2005.
• "US plans detention for life," Herald Sun (Australia), January 3, 2005.
• Margaret Warner, "Indefinite Detainees," PBS Online NewsHour, January 3, 2005.
• Julian Borger, "US plans permanent Guantanamo jails," Guardian UK, January 3, 2005.
• Rick Kelly, "Washington prepares international network of permanent detention camps," WSWS News, January 5, 2005.
• Marc Krug, "Bush's Latest Assault on the Constitution," Counterbias.com, January 10, 2005.
• Ted Rall, "The Normalization of Horror. American Gulags Become Permanent," Common Dreams, January 12, 2005.
• Jonathan Steele, "A Global Gulag to Hide the War on Terror's Dirty Secrets. Bush is now thinking of building jails abroad to hold suspects for life," TruthOut, January 14, 2005.
• Cathryn J. Prince, "Terror detainees and America's gulag," Christian Science Monitor, January 18, 2005.