Inside Gitmo

President Obama has spoken since his inaguaration about closing the controversial detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba .  Although it has been in the news lately, closing of Gitmo does not seem imminent by the end of the year even though the Supermax facility in Thompson, Illinois seems to be moving forward on planned changes being made to hold prisoners from Gitmo.  Several library resources can shed light on this facility:

• Inside Gitmo [DVD] – The prison on the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has received media attention for its practices, especially since 9/11. This National Geographic documentary shows the lives of guards, prisoners, and civilian visitors to the prison.

Many works have been written on the same subject, some exposes, some biographical, and others mainly political. For a different view see

• Poems from Guantanamo: the detainees speak 
• Enemy combatant: my imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar by Moazzam Begg

The Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. is being considered as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay.  See photos from the chicagotribune.com below: