Mcdonalds Guantanamo Bay - The new rules will put an end to decades of practice. And one rule defense attorneys say will bring peace of mind to their clients Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty
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From Wednesday onwards Lawyers visiting their clients at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will no longer be allowed to bring food to them. The reason, according to the US Army: Health and Safety Concerns.
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"The continuing pattern of inappropriate sanitation and health practices brought in food into the law enforcement chambers has caused us to [review] our practice of bringing in food from the outside," said Lt. Col. Tom Gresback, Superintendent. The prison's public affairs department said msgstr "Judicial officials The room was not designed to be a place to eat.”
The new rules put an end to decades of practice. And one rule that defense attorneys say is comforting inmates. "Sometimes the food we bring in is the only thing they've seen from the outside world," says Alka Pradhan, a lawyer at Reprieve who represents more than a dozen clients at Gitmo. over several months
Lawyers began meeting with clients in 2005 after the United States Supreme Court ruled that detainees had the right to challenge their custody in American courts. since then Attorneys provide their clients with everything from homemade meals to McDonald's Egg McMuffins on U.S. military bases. Prior to 2007, prisons provided kitchens for attorneys who needed to warm or cool food for inmates.
Of the 122 people currently held in detention, 57 have been released. But are still imprisoned due to political unrest in the United States what to do with them. Some protested hunger strikes for years in protest of their imprisonment. But willing to eat several times a year when the lawyer visits them, otherwise they will not voluntarily eat. and are often fed individually by prison staff This is a practice that many inmates describe as painful.
