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It's over ten years since the first person was transferred to the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. An estimated 779 detainees later, 171 men are now held at the camp. 167 of them are being held without trial and many have never been charged with a crime. 10 years since the first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo Bay's Camp X-Ray 1 year, 11 months, 21 days since President Barack Obama's deadline to close Gitmo 779 detainees incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay since 2002 600 detainees have been released 242 detainees at Gitmo when Obama took office 171 detainees still held at Guantánamo Bay 89 detainees still held after being cleared for release 92 percent of prisoners were never al Qaeda fighters according to the US government 86 percent of detainees were turned over after payment of a bounty 13 years old, the age of the youngest detainee 89 years old, the age of the oldest detainee 8 detainee deaths since 2002 6 detainee deaths by suicide 3 alleged detainee homicides from "dry boarding" $139 million per year to keep the Guantánamo Bay prison open $800000 per year to house each detainee 6 detainees convicted by military commissions 6 detainees currently charged by military commission prosecutor 0 detainees released in the past year