Firsthand testimonies from Guantánamo Bay, inspiring potential generations never to repeat the human rights violations from the detention center.

Law scholar and See to Guantánamo founder Peter Jan Honigsberg uncovers a haunting portrait of life at the army prison and its toll, not merely for the detainees and themselves but also on it is military and civilian employees as well as the journalists who also reported onto it.

Honigsberg conducted 158 interviews across 20 countries so that the people who about A Place Beyond your Legislation: Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo lived and worked there could tell their heartbreaking and inspirational stories. In each one, we face the reality that the healing up process cannot start until we begin the conversation about what was done in the name of protecting our country. These are a few of them. Many alleged operatives in Guantánamo had been purchased by the United States for ransom from Afghan and Pakistani troops. Brandon Neely, a jail guard who processed the first band of suspected operatives to arrive in Cuba, flew to London to embrace the detainees he guarded after departing the armed service. Navy whistleblower Matt Diaz covertly released the brands of 500 detainees by sending them in a greeting cards to an attorney in NY. Journalist Carol Rosenberg dedicated the past 17 years of her career to documenting lifestyle at Guantánamo. And Damien Corsetti, an interrogator who had become referred to as the “King of Torture,” received ribbons and awards for the same cruel activities that he was later on prosecuted.

In startling, aching prose, A LOCATION Outside the Law shines a light on these unheard voices, and through them, encourages the global community to embrace humanity as our best tool to make the world a safer place.