President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.
Trump orders opening of migrant detention center at Guantánamo Bay
-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) January 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Got a link?
#92 | Posted by LampLighter
Best that I could find is this:
Drive 10 minutes in another direction, past the base's scrubby nine-hole golf course, and you arrive at a gate to what is essentially a base within the base, the detention zone. It is under the command of an Army brigadier general who is responsible for the Pentagon's last 39 wartime prisoners and a staff of 1,500 people, mostly soldiers from the National Guard on nine-month tours of duty.
www.nytimes.com
So they have "beds" that can accommodate 1,500 people, but clearly not 1,500 people in confinement.
A lot of conflation taking place.
@#93 ... A lot of conflation taking place. ...
ya think. That is why I asked for a link, which you supplied. Thanks for that.
From that proffered link ...
Guantnamo Bay: Beyond the Prison (2021)
www.nytimes.com
... Mention this place, and people tend to think of caged men wearing orange uniforms and on their knees, the image of opening day at the wartime prison four months after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
But this military base is more than one big prison. About 6,000 people live at the U.S. Navy outpost, which has the trappings of small-town America and the amenities of a college campus, and functions like a cross between a gated community and a police state.
It has a Defense Department school system for the children of sailors and contractors, a seaport for Navy and Coast Guard supply missions, bars, ball fields, neighborhoods with swing sets, beaches with barbecue grills and pleasure boats to rent for excursions on the bay.
It also has a McDonald's with a drive-through wide enough for tactical vehicles, just below a hilltop church with a white steeple. A 10-minute drive in one direction takes you to Nob Hill, a neighborhood of three-bedroom homes for junior officers on the base of 700 families.
Drive 10 minutes in another direction, past the base's scrubby nine-hole golf course, and you arrive at a gate to what is essentially a base within the base, the detention zone. It is under the command of an Army brigadier general who is responsible for the Pentagon's last 39 wartime prisoners and a staff of 1,500 people, mostly soldiers from the National Guard on nine-month tours of duty. ...
So, 30,000 capacity?
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