SEVENTEEN years since it opened, Guantánamo Bay remains as significant and problematic as ever, says Reprieve. The ‘worst of the worst’ mythMore detainees have died in Guantánamo than have been convicted of a crime. The UN’s Special Rapporteur for Torture has made it clear that indefinite detention in itself amounts to torture. The ‘legal protections’ in question ranged from being denied access to lawyers and fair trials to the systematic use of torture. ‘Guantánamo Bay has, over a period of 16 years, seen repeated attempts to hold any judicial process fail.