UCR ARTSblock presents “Geographies of Detention: From Guantánamo to the Golden Gulag”, on view at the California Museum of Photography from June 1 through September 7, 2013.   Presented on two floors of the California Museum of Photography, “Geographies of Detention” offers a nuanced investigation into incarceration and its architectures. One portion of the exhibition highlights work by…

The Miami Herald has created a continuously updated online presentation of the hunger strike at Guantánamo. In addition to tracking the number of inmates that are participating in the strike, being force fed, and being hospitalized, the chart also provides readers with a glimpse of how the event began. As the Herald explains at the…

May 16, 2013:  One hundred inmates out of the 166 at Guantánamo are protesting their detention by refusing food, according to a U.S. military statement on Wednesday. It also reported that 30 inmates are regularly force fed. May 13, 1993: Haitian refugees detained at Guantánamo because they tested H.I.V. positive began their second prolonged hunger strike.…

A poll recently conducted by The Huffington Post and YouGov suggests that the American public is deeply divided on what to do about Guantánamo. The poll, which can be seen here, asked people where they stood on military tribunals, the U.S. possession of Cuban land, and the inmate population. The results show that many people support the U.S. government’s…

Before our Indianapolis reception for the opening of the GPMP exhibit, I was concerned that people would not be thinking of GTMO. I couldn’t have been more wrong. During our preparations for the April 10 event, the internet was ablaze with the word “Guantánamo” because invitations had been circulated among fashion circles for a Coachella…

Nicknamed GTMO, the United States naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has a history that is infamous and yet unknown to most Americans. The traveling exhibit of the Guantánamo Public Memory Project confronts this history at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Cultural Arts Gallery through May 12, 2013. Developed by more than 100 students from the IU School of Liberal Arts…

May 7, 2013: In the midst of growing concern over the detention facilities established under the War on Terror, media outlets report the high financial costs of incarcerating a single inmate per year at Guantánamo. While it costs an average of $25,000 to incarcerate a person in a federal prison, it costs $904,000 to incarcerate…

Amid reports that the U.S. military is force feeding inmates at Guantánamo who are refusing food, an article recently published by The Atlantic explores the ethics of what U.S. officials are calling “suicide prevention.” James Hamblin, the author of the article, writes: “Will the United States keep these detainees alive for 12 years against their…

April 28th, 2013: For the second time during his presidency, Barack Obama declares he will attempt to “close Guantánamo.” “The notion that we’re going to keep 100 individuals in no man’s land in perpetuity makes no sense,” he said. He later added: “All of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? Why are…

April 27th, 2013: The U.S. military has acknowledged that the number of inmates protesting their detention by refusing food has grown to 100. The development comes amid increasing concerns over the military’s methods of forced feeding. April 27th, 2002: The newly constructed 410-bed facility known as Camp Delta opens to replace Camp X-Ray. Inmates begin to…