Its hard to know how to feel about this story. Reading about the existing conditions for Afghan prisoners, the faster they get the new thing built the better. On the other hand, it is a sad reminder of how much the U.S. relies on prisons to hide or hold its problems rather than working to solve the problems in the first place. There is mention in the article of how in Iraq they are apparently making an attempt to work within the existing social system of community leaders to deal with things. That would be the ideal approach in my mind.
The operation of inhumane prison/detention/torture centres in foreign lands by the American government should be one of our greatest concerns as a civil society.