An interesting BBC piece on Communication Management Units (CMU) jails in the United States. We have added some hyperlinks and other context materials at the end of the story.
US under fire for running 'little Gitmos'
At the CMU in Terre Haute, all telephone calls and mail are monitored
The story - and the controversy - about the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is familiar and well-rehearsed.But less-known is the story of what some have dubbed "Gitmo
the Heartland" o "Guantanamo North" - two prison units on the US
mainland where other inmates in the wider "war on terror" are being held
in conditions that civil liberties groups regard as another post-9/11
challenge to normal judicial standards.
