Gitmo has satellite TV, Soduku puzzles for inmates

By all means I'm not claiming that the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention center is a pleasant place, and yes, I am aware that a Gitmo detainee committed suicide today. But I'm sure the facilities at Gitmo are much better than the prisons you'll find in Yemen or Saudi Arabia.

Reuters reports:

The U.S. military is rigging up satellite television service and distributing Sudoku puzzles in Guantanamo prison cells even as the Obama administration works towards a goal of emptying them of detainees.

The amusements are aimed at providing mental stimulation for the 240 remaining captives, whom human rights monitors and defense lawyers have said were being driven mad by years of isolation at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists.

Plans were made as long as two years ago to add television and group recreation facilities, said Navy Commander Jeff Hayhurst, who led journalists on a tour on Sunday of the remote prison located on a U.S. naval base in southeast Cuba.

But because of logistical challenges at the prison, some of the plans are just now being implemented as the clock ticks down toward President Barack Obama's January deadline to shut down the detention operation.

Ah...but the Obama administration still doesn't have a plan regarding where to place those inmates, and poll after poll finds that most Americans don't want these terrorists imprisoned here.

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