THE HUNGER GAMES
AT GUANTANAMO
communal here,” John said, standing inside a communal block he said
had been packed with books, cases
of bottled water, trash and “all sorts
of items” the detainees had hoarded
until the raid. “In a civilian facility,
you’ll have some level of control.
And if they live in communal, it really is compliant, they lock down
when you tell them to lock down.
They move when you tell them to
move. But not necessarily here.”
Detainees would use sticks to
poke at guards observing them from
a “sally port,” the cage that links
each block to the rest of the prison,
he said. While detainees have been
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trying to protest being held indefinitely without charges, the military
is trying to keep guards focused on
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