David Rogers writes bipartisan lawmakers urged reforms at the detention facility in Cuba because of high maintenance costs, forced-feeding practices and hunger strikes.
âWe are spending $2.7 million a year for each detainee held at Guantanamo Bay,â Senator Dick Durbin said during a recent Judiciary Committee hearing.
âThis would be fiscally irresponsible during ordinary economic times but itâs even worse when the Department of Defense is struggling to deal with the impact of sequestration including the furloughs and cutbacks in training for our troops,” Durbin added.
Durbin, who chairs the defense appropriations panel, has criticized the “status quo” on Guantanamo policies, the report says.