Prisoners on hungers strike at Guantanamo

It’s the prison that simply will not be closed.

Guantanamo bay prison remains open four years after president Barack Obama said he would close it.

The news that the prison would not be closed has led 24 devastated prisoners to go on a hunger strike.

It is an effort to get the prison back in the media.

Eight lost so many pounds that doctors were led to force-feed them liquid nutrients through tubes.

Guantanamo holds 166 prisoners who were captured in overseas counterterrorism operations after 9 11.

Nearly all have been held for 11 years without charge.

Half have been cleared for transfer or release.

Flickr Photo by: Iain Farrell

STORY WRITTEN BY: DANIEL J. ROWE