The exposure of Guantanamo's prisoner abuse tragedy pushed Guantanamo and the US military to the moral judgment table together. Good people also regard this place as a human purgatory. In fact, there are many prisons in the world as special as Guantanamo. Because all the prisoners are military prisoners, it is difficult to make the situation there public.
1 Abu Ghraib prison
Originally wanted to hold American prisoners of war
Abu Ghraib prison, 4 kilometers west of Baghdad, was controlled by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense during Saddam Hussein's administration. According to American officials, in 1984 alone, 4, people were hanged in Abu Ghraib prison, most of whom were deserters who were afraid to fight the Iranian army.
Abu Ghraib Prison covers an area of about 28 acres (about 1.1 square kilometers), and the surrounding walls alone are 4 kilometers long. There are 24 warning towers outside the fence. The prison consists of five parts, each of which is surrounded by high walls, and a tall tower is responsible for vigilance. After Saddam came to power, political prisoners, rebel officers and Kurdish guerrilla prisoners of war who opposed him were mainly held here. According to the seriousness of the crime, the prisoners were held in "open prison area" and "closed prison area" respectively. Prisoners in the "closed prison area" are not allowed to receive any visits and cut off all contact with the outside world. This situation continued until 1989. The cells in the prison are very small, only about 4 meters in length and width, so there are about 4 prisoners in a space of 16 square meters.
In p>22, Saddam announced that he had decided to renovate Abu Ghraib prison in order to prevent the possible second US-Iraq war, so that there would be "enough places to hold American prisoners of war" after the US-Iraq war. The project stopped in the spring of the following year, because the US military defeated Saddam Hussein's regime in only 2 days, and there was not even a platoon of American prisoners captured by the Iraqi army during the war. Subsequently, the American occupation authorities turned the prison into a central detention center in Baghdad.
At the end of April p>24, the "U.S. prisoner abuse incident" that shocked the world happened here. Then the global media exposed this ugly act. This incident has also become the biggest scandal of the US military in Iraq. In early May of the same year, the Pentagon admitted that the interrogation method of the US military violated the Geneva Convention. However, the behavior of the US military was acquiesced by the US Senate. Previously, the US Senate issued a special guidance document on interrogation, which stipulated that interrogators could strip off prisoners' clothes, force them to stay up for 72 hours, twist their arms and put pockets on their heads. This document was placed on the desk of General Ricardo Sanchez, then commander of the US military in Iraq.
2 Xingge-Xingge Prison
Making money is more important than going to jail
In the history of the US military, Xingge-Xingge Prison undertook not only the simple functions of holding prisoners, but also a large number of business activities such as mining and producing construction equipment. In 1824, in order to deal with the serious mutiny and desertion in the army, the US Army built the Hinge-Hinge Prison on the Hudson River in new york. According to the records, the location of Xingge-Xingge Prison happened to be the mining area of new york silver mine at that time. Obviously, the top management of the US military has made a good plan. In the future, it can not only use prisoners to mine ore and earn profits, but also prevent the labor force from escaping. It is really killing two birds with one stone.
The unpaid labor of prisoners has created huge profits for the US military, and it has also been protested by American civil human rights organizations. They boycotted any product with the trademark "Xingge-Xingge". The prison made a clever change and registered a new trademark of "Aoxining" in 193. As a result, it was successful and the goods were still sold all over the world.
Since the 2th century, the conditions in Xingge-Xingge prison have been improved, but the prisoners' inner fears have become more serious, because there is an extremely horrible torture device-electric chair in the prison. By the end of 1963, Xingge-Xingge Prison had executed 613 male and female prisoners with the same electric chair. Among these people, the most famous is the world-famous spy Rosenberg and his wife, who were executed in 1953. They were accused of leaking American atomic bomb information to the Soviet Union. According to the military, Xingge-Xingge Prison still holds about 915 prisoners, many of whom are al-Qaeda terrorists captured in recent years. The prison currently has 75 gendarmes, 15 security personnel and 1 administrators.
3 Livin Otterborg Prison
Not less famous than the Pentagon
It is the main prison of the US Department of Defense, located in Livin Ott Castle. The castle was built in 1827 by the head of the US Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, Jinli Leavenott. In the 3 years after its completion, the castle became the main military base of the US military against Indians. After its completion, Livornot Castle became one of the advanced combat training centers of the US military, from which many generals came out, including Colin Powell, the later chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
in p>1871, general Thomas Barr wrote to the U.S. military secretary-general, requesting the construction of a special military prison. In 1875, the United States government funded the construction of the first military prison in Livornot Castle, which was specially used to hold military prisoners from Lu Haijun, the Marine Corps and the National Guard. After the prison was put into use, only two civilian prisoners were held. One was in 194, when the prison was not completely under the control of the Pentagon. Another time in October, 1998, when the US military built a new fortification 5 kilometers away from the military prison, all non-military prisoners were engaged in labor. They worked during the day and were held in Levin Otterborg prison at night until the fortification was completed in 22. At present, there are 626 military prisoners in Livin Otterborg Prison.
In the United States, Levin Otterborg Prison is no less famous than the Pentagon. In 21, the American director made a popular film "The Last Castle" with this prison as the background, starring robert redford. General Elvin, played by him, is a hero of the past. He was imprisoned because he was framed by his superiors. In the face of the warden's indiscriminate killing, the general led all the prisoners to riot and finally won. The most famous sentence in the film is what General Elvin said when he was encouraging morale: "Although we are no longer soldiers, we will start a new battle."
4 Bier marche Prison
A synonym for "cold-blooded"
Bier marche Prison, located in the suburb of London, is a military judicial unit directly under the British Ministry of Defence. Since its completion in 1921, it has served as a place for detaining unscrupulous children and important prisoners of war. Because there have been many historical events that violated human rights here, the British generally regard this prison as synonymous with "cold-blooded cruelty." In 1921, there was a movement for freedom in Irish territory under British rule. In order to suppress this movement, the British government specially built this prison for the military punishment of the captured Irish * * * and military members.
The location of Bier marche Prison used to be a swamp, so there is always a rat disaster here, and it is difficult to improve the sanitary conditions. The prison cell buildings are located at the four corners of the yard, with a square in the middle. Each prison building is extremely strong, and the prison gate is composed of two heavy-duty irons that are electronically controlled.
As the first of the five largest military prisons in Britain, Ber marche Prison has been responsible for holding particularly important prisoners. Tomlinson, a famous British "double agent", was arrested for leaking NATO strategic information to the former Soviet Union, and was held in Room 19, Unit 1, Building 4 of this prison. Considering the high safety factor of the prison, the British government is also willing to send many criminals here to serve their sentences, the most famous of which is Biggs, the number one robber in Britain. In 1963, Biggs, together with 14 other criminals, robbed about $4.2 million with weapons and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. After being sent to the ordinary prison to serve his sentence, he escaped the next year and lived in seclusion in Brazil. Who would have expected this guy to wait until 21, thinking that no one would settle old scores, and then he returned to Britain in a big way, and the British police caught him red-handed. In order to prevent accidents, the British government simply sent him to Biel marche prison, and it is estimated that it would be difficult for Biggs to get away again.
5 Lefortov Prison
Located in the "heart" of Moscow
If you ask which prison in the world is located in the most valuable location, it is undoubtedly the Lefortov military prison in Russia. This prison is located in the center of Moscow, and it takes less than 15 minutes to walk to the Kremlin official. For a long time, the origin of Lefortov military prison has been a mystery.
The prison * * * has four buildings for prisoners. Overlooking these buildings, the shape is like the capital letter "K". Most of the cells here are double rooms of about 1 square meters, and there are few triple rooms, let alone single rooms. At 8 o'clock every morning, prisoners can take the elevator to the top for fresh air. In the late 193s, the Soviet Union was in the climax of "eliminating counter-revolutionaries", and many unjustly detained Red Army generals were held in prisons. These "general prisoners" are most afraid of hearing the motor sound of tractors coming from the basement, because when the motor sound rings, it means that someone will be shot. Lefortov prison has been famous for its strict management since its establishment. In its history, there was only one escape: two ex-Marines escaped in filthy slop tanks. This once made the Russian government doubt the ability of the army to manage prisons. Nowadays, cameras are installed at every entrance of Lefortov prison, and the duty officer can see everything in the corridor on the display and monitor the people entering and leaving. Historically, outsiders were not allowed to enter this prison at all. Only when the prison held a press conference in October 1993 did the prison allow Russian journalists to enter once.