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June 19, 2005
Halliburton Is Given Prison Contract at Guantanamo
June 19, 2005
Halliburton Is Given New Prison Contract
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, June 18 (AP) - A subsidiary of Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, has been awarded $30 million to build a 220-bed prison for terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon announced Friday.
The prison is to include day rooms, exercise areas and medical bays, air-conditioning and a security control room, the Pentagon said. It is to be completed by July 2006.
The prison "is designed to be safer for the long-term detention of detainees and the guards," said a statement provided by a Pentagon spokesman. "It is also expected to require less manpower to operate."
The job is part of a larger contract that could be worth up to $500 million through 2010, the Pentagon said.
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, criticized the deal, calling Halliburton the "scandal-plagued former employer of Vice President Cheney."
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Posted by lois at June 19, 2005 03:35 PM