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Should the GITMO prisoners go to Alcatraz?

By Douglas A. Berman

Not surprisingly, the President's order to close GITMO has everyone talking about where the prisoners now held there will be sent.  This Denver Post article, for example, reports on buzz already surrounding the the possibility that the GITMO detainees might be sent to the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. I think there is a pretty good chance that at least some of the GITMO detainees will end up in a federal supermax prison.  But I was joyfully gobsmacked when on NBC?s ?Meet the Press? this morning House Minority Leader John Boehner suggested we send them to Alcatraz. As revealed in this official website, right now Alcatraz Island is a national park.  But as detailed in official and unofficial websites, the colorful and dynamic history of Alcatraz (not to mention its secure location) makes it perhaps the most fitting locale for the next chapter of the war on terror.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 25, 2009 (boomark / email).