Gitmo by the numbers....

As per the last update on March 8, no new positive decisions, the PRB has:

• declined to grant new hearings on file review to two detainees (ISNs 708, 1460).
• conducted full second hearings for Saifullah Paracha (ISN 1094) on March 21 and for Haroon al Afghani (ISN 3148) on March 28.
• conducted initial file reviews for six detainees (ISNs 1456, 1461, 10016, 10019, 10023, 10029).
• conducted a second file review for one detainee (ISN 569).

The prison population remains at 41:

• 5 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 5 cleared, 1 (20.0%) is a Yemeni and 4 are non-Yemenis. 
• Of the 26 awaiting clearance, 10 (38.5%) are Yemenis and 16 are non-Yemenis.
• Of the 10 in the military commission system, 3 (30.0%) are Yemenis and 7 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 have been cleared.  36 of these men have been released; 2 remain. 
• 31 detainees were cleared after a first hearing.
• 29 have been released; 2 remain.
•   7 detainees were denied after a first hearing, granted a second hearing via file review, and cleared after the second hearing.
• All 7 have been released.
• 26 detainees were denied clearance and are in the file review/second hearing process.
•   4 detainees are awaiting decision on a second full hearing (ISNs 1017, 1094, 1457, 3148).
•   1 detainee is awaiting decision on a second file review (ISN 569).
•   9 detainees are awaiting decision on initial file review (ISNs 1456, 1461, 10016, 10017, 10019, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10029).
•   3 detainees were denied after a second full hearing, and are awaiting further file review (ISNs 27, 28, 841).
•   1 detainee is awaiting a fourth file review (ISN 242).
•   8 detainees are awaiting a second file review (ISNs 63, 682, 685, 708, 1460, 1453, 1463, 10025).

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

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