Gitmo by the numbers---

While we await final word on transfers that are rumored to be in the works let me bring you up to date with the numbers as of December 23, 2016:

New chart attached, reflecting that after a second hearing, the PRB has approved for transfer Mohammed Al-Ansi (ISN 29), a Yemeni whom the 2009 Task Force had slated for indefinite detention.

The prison population remains at 59:

·         23 are cleared, 26 are awaiting clearance, and 10 are in the military commission system (of those, 7 are in “active” “trial” proceedings while 3 have been “convicted”).

·         Of the 23 cleared, 14 (60.9%) are Yemenis and 9 are non-Yemenis. 

·         Of the 26 awaiting clearance, 10 (38.5%) are Yemenis and 16 are non-Yemenis.

PRB Data

The PRB has approved for transfer 38 of the 64 detainees for whom it has issued decisions (59.4%).

·         38 detainees were cleared.  22 of these men have been released; 16 remain.  (See “Cleared Detainee Data” below for details.)

o   31 detainees were cleared after a first hearing.

§  19 have been released; 12 remain.

o     7 detainees were denied after a first hearing, granted a second hearing via file review, and cleared after the second hearing.

§  3 have been released; 4 remain.

·         26 detainees were denied clearance and are in the file review/second hearing process.

o     2 detainees were denied after a first hearing, were granted a second hearing via file review, and are awaiting decision from the second hearing (ISNs 27, 28).

o     1 detainee was denied after a first hearing, was apparently fast-tracked for a second hearing without file review, and is awaiting decision from the second hearing (ISN 841).

o     3 detainees were denied after a first hearing, were granted a second hearing via file review, and are awaiting the second hearing (ISNs 1017, 1094, 1457).

o     2 detainees were denied after a first hearing, have received initial file review, and are awaiting decision (ISNs 1463, 10025).

o     1 detainee was denied after a first hearing, was denied after a third file review, and is awaiting a fourth file review (ISN 242).

o     2 detainee were denied after a first hearing, were denied after a first file review, and are awaiting a second file review (ISNs 569, 1453).

o     6 detainees were denied after a first hearing and are awaiting initial file reviews, which have been scheduled (ISNs 63, 682, 685, 708, 1460, 3148).

o     9 detainees were denied after a first hearing and are awaiting initial file reviews (ISNs 1456, 1461, 10016, 10017, 10019, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10029).

For more details, see the PRB web pages tracking detainees’ initial hearings, file reviews, and second hearings.

Cleared Detainee Data

7 of the 23 remaining cleared detainees currently at the base were cleared by the Obama Task Force.  The other 16 were cleared by the PRB, which means 22 PRB-cleared detainees have been released.

Specifically, of the 23 cleared:

·          5 are Yemenis approved for “conditional detention” by the Obama Task Force (ISNs 240, 440, 498, 550, 893)

·          2 are non-Yemenis approved for transfer by the Obama Task Force (ISNs 38 (Tunisia), 309 (unknown/UAE))

·          4 are Yemenis approved for transfer after a second PRB hearing (ISNs 29, 131, 508, 522)

·          5 are Yemenis approved for transfer after a first PRB hearing (ISNs 44, 128, 434, 839, 840)

·          7 are non-Yemenis approved for transfer after a first PRB hearing (ISNs 244 (Morocco), 560 (Afghanistan), 694 (Algeria), 696 (Saudi Arabia), 702 (Russia), 753 (Afghanistan), 975 (Afghanistan))

h/o to Brian Foster for keeping track of all of this.