“...artwork represented a form of expression during my prison time: expression of my feelings about the unclear future; things we were deprived of; things that I dreamed of.” -Djamel Ameziane, an artist featured in “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists,” was sent to Guantánamo Bay detention facility in 2002 after being turned over to Pakistani forces while living in Afghanistan. . Like many other Guantánamo detainees, Ameziane remained imprisoned for several years despite being cleared for release. The overwhelming majority of Guantánamo prisoners have never been charged with a crime. For this reason, the prison has long been condemned by human rights organizations, like Amnesty International, that view the indefinite detention without charge or fair trial and torture and abuse of prisoners as a violation of the Geneva Convention, among other international and domestic laws. . “The Pencil is Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” is on view in our Main Gallery and Draw...