Many Law School students wore orange ribbons during the "Week on Guantanamo and American Values," Oct. 27-31, sponsored by the Law School's chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Kicking off the week was an Oct. 27 lecture by Gita Gutierrez, a 2001 Law School graduate who represents Guantanamo prisoners. The series of events closed with a screening of "The Road to Guantanamo," a 2006 documentary about prisoner treatment.

Gutierrez was one of the first civilians allowed as legal counsel for some of the Guantanamo prisoners. During her talk, "Torture, the Law and American Values," she said the site was set up purposely to allow torture and to gather intelligence outside of U.S. laws and with no concern for human rights. Some of the torture practices include water-boarding, sexual humiliation, forced standing for days, being held in darkness for months and deprivation of food and toilet facilities. She and other lawyers were allowed entry only after the Center for Constitutional Rights, where Gutierrez is lead attorney, filed habeas petitions subsequently approved by the U.S. Supreme Court.

More than 250 prisoners remain, of which the military has classified more than 90 percent as unaffiliated with the Taliban, she said.