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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 927606" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43911" target="_blank">Guantanamo Care Trumps ObamaCare</a>President Obama called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention&nbsp; facility and signed an Executive Order that called for closure by&nbsp; January 22, 2010.[h=3]Government spends $70 million annually to house the 89 prisoners[/h]According to the ACLU, our government spends $70 million annually to&nbsp; house the 89 prisoners who have been cleared for release. The Bush&nbsp; administration released 532 prisoners while the Obama administration&nbsp; only 68. “Six prisoners died in custody by apparent suicide, one as a&nbsp; result of a heart attack, and one died of cancer.”&nbsp; Military commissions&nbsp; at Gitmo spent $12 million in 2011. (ACLU)&nbsp; Detainee programs include a social program (recreation, sports,&nbsp; prayers, family phone calls, mail), intellectual stimulation program&nbsp; (books, magazines, puzzles, newspapers, handheld electronic games,&nbsp; movies, satellite television), an instructional program (literacy,&nbsp; second language classes, art classes, computer classes, personal finance&nbsp; and business), a library with more than 25,000 titles, newspapers and&nbsp; magazines in 15 different languages, video games, DVDs, CDs, and a&nbsp; full-time librarian. &nbsp; Living conditions exceed what is required by the Geneva Convention:&nbsp; Three meals a day that meet cultural dietary conditions and special&nbsp; diets, shelter, clothing, personal hygiene items, prayer beads, rugs,&nbsp; copies of the Quran in the native language of people from 40 countries,&nbsp; and mail. Detainees are visited by the Red Cross quarterly. &nbsp; The most interesting aspect of the camp is health care. Medical&nbsp; services are available to detainees around the clock, seven days a week.&nbsp; Prisoners are treated in a dedicated medical facility with&nbsp; state-of-the-art equipment and expert medical staff of more than 100&nbsp; people. There are 20 inpatient beds, physical therapy, pharmacy,&nbsp; radiology, and a single-bed operating room. Intensive care is offered at&nbsp; the Naval Station hospital and specialists can be flown in. A separate&nbsp; facility offers mental health care. Immunizations are given to detainees&nbsp; because none was available in their home countries. Prosthetic limbs&nbsp; are provided and cancerous tumors removed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 927606, member: 12952"] [url=http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43911]Guantanamo Care Trumps ObamaCare[/url] President Obama called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention facility and signed an Executive Order that called for closure by January 22, 2010. [h=3]Government spends $70 million annually to house the 89 prisoners[/h] According to the ACLU, our government spends $70 million annually to house the 89 prisoners who have been cleared for release. The Bush administration released 532 prisoners while the Obama administration only 68. “Six prisoners died in custody by apparent suicide, one as a result of a heart attack, and one died of cancer.” Military commissions at Gitmo spent $12 million in 2011. (ACLU) Detainee programs include a social program (recreation, sports, prayers, family phone calls, mail), intellectual stimulation program (books, magazines, puzzles, newspapers, handheld electronic games, movies, satellite television), an instructional program (literacy, second language classes, art classes, computer classes, personal finance and business), a library with more than 25,000 titles, newspapers and magazines in 15 different languages, video games, DVDs, CDs, and a full-time librarian. Living conditions exceed what is required by the Geneva Convention: Three meals a day that meet cultural dietary conditions and special diets, shelter, clothing, personal hygiene items, prayer beads, rugs, copies of the Quran in the native language of people from 40 countries, and mail. Detainees are visited by the Red Cross quarterly. The most interesting aspect of the camp is health care. Medical services are available to detainees around the clock, seven days a week. Prisoners are treated in a dedicated medical facility with state-of-the-art equipment and expert medical staff of more than 100 people. There are 20 inpatient beds, physical therapy, pharmacy, radiology, and a single-bed operating room. Intensive care is offered at the Naval Station hospital and specialists can be flown in. A separate facility offers mental health care. Immunizations are given to detainees because none was available in their home countries. Prosthetic limbs are provided and cancerous tumors removed. [/QUOTE]

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