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Award Of Excellence
Jay L. Clendenin Polaris Images
"Gitmo"
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Bootprints remain in the sun-baked mud. Flip-flops
and orange jump suits lay on a single blanket. Korans rest in slit windows.
The soccer field doubles as a house of prayer and a guide to Mecca is spray
painted on the concrete slab. Guard towers break up the rows of barbed wire
and signs do their job of turning visitors away. This is present day
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, commonly known as GITMO, where about 400 detainees
remain and the debate over its effectiveness continue. On the south eastern
tip of the island, the prison facilities are a very short distance to cliffs
that lead to the blue waters off Cuba. Signs are everywhere, alerting
visitors to not take pictures, not to gesture (curious Cuban eyes watching
from their side) and of course, to not go into areas that are clearly marked
off limits.
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