This is just ridiculous. If Obama can't do this any cheaper then we need to lock him up at Gitmo, too, until he figures out how to cut the costs by 90%.
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Maintenance of Guantanamo has been revealed to cost over $150 million each year, with immediate estimates citing it one of the most expensive prisons in the world. This comes as the hunger strike at the detention facility is far from over.
The prison camp situated at the US naval base in Cuba costs over $900,000 annually per prisoner, placing it far above the countryâs maximum security prisons, which in comparison, cost $60,000 to $70,000 per prisoner. With 166 detainees, Gitmo devours over $150 million each year.
âThat ... may be what finally get us to actually close the prison. I mean the costs are astronomical, when you compare them to what it would cost to detain somebody in the United States,â Ken Gude, chief of staff and vice president at the liberal Center for American Progress think tank told Reuters.
http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-astronomical-cost-strike-807/
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Maintenance of Guantanamo has been revealed to cost over $150 million each year, with immediate estimates citing it one of the most expensive prisons in the world. This comes as the hunger strike at the detention facility is far from over.
The prison camp situated at the US naval base in Cuba costs over $900,000 annually per prisoner, placing it far above the countryâs maximum security prisons, which in comparison, cost $60,000 to $70,000 per prisoner. With 166 detainees, Gitmo devours over $150 million each year.
âThat ... may be what finally get us to actually close the prison. I mean the costs are astronomical, when you compare them to what it would cost to detain somebody in the United States,â Ken Gude, chief of staff and vice president at the liberal Center for American Progress think tank told Reuters.
http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-astronomical-cost-strike-807/
