Guantanamo Prison Enters 25th Year

The U.S. base in Guantánamo Bay, in southeast Cuba, is more than 100 years old and has about 4,200 residents. The prison opened on Jan. 11, 2002, with the arrival of 20 detainees from the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Over the years, the U.S. military has held about 780 men and boys there, with the Bush administration repatriating about 500 of them. Today the operation has a staff of 800 soldiers and civilians — more than 50 U.S. government workers for each de