A new prison in Illinois is being considered for the relocation and incarceration of Guantanamo detainees. If chosen, the prison’s security measures would be enhanced to exceed those of the country’s top-security “supermax” prison in Colorado.
US Rep. Mark Kirk (R. Illinois) issued a letter of opposition to President Obama regarding the transfer, stating that doing so would turn the area into “ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots, recruitment and radicalization.”
The article highlights that this brings up why Guantanamo was allegedly created in the first place: incarcerating terrorists while simultaneously keeping Americans out of harm’s way.
