US weighs combination prison-court for detainees

WASHINGTON: A task force is studying the possibility of moving some suspected militants from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum security prison in the United States with its own courtrooms for criminal and military trials, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.

Two sites are under consideration, the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan that is scheduled to be closed, the newspaper said, citing Obama administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"This is one of the ideas that's been floated and come under discussion," one official told the Post, adding the interagency task force examining detention policy has not decided whether to recommend such a proposal to the president.