Dan Bell | The Nation

Prison rape is not a dirty joke; it's one of the most frequent and
widespread human rights abuses in America.

Twenty-five members of the Catholic Worker movement are walking across Cuba to the US Naval prison at Guantánamo Bay in hopes of meeting with more than 500 detainees, the first time peace activists have brought their protests to the tropical gulag. If they are turned away, the pilgrims plan on conducting a vigil outside.