The ever-dependable Guardian carries a story that must be disturbing reading for more or less everyone apart from terrorists: it seems that a considerable number of men released from detention at Guantanamo Bay later turn up on other jihadists’ battle-fields.
There are several observations to be made about this.
First of all, a considerable number of former prisoners re-offend and end up going back to jail. This is a well-know fact. Of course the prisoners in question are “normal” criminals, who have been sentenced by the courts and sent to jail after proper trial. But, given the failure of prison to rehabilitate or educate prisoners, it is not surprising that Guantanamo should be failing too, if indeed rehabilitation was the purpose of Guantanamo.
