The prison, which has held prisoners including Abu Qatada and Jeremy Bamber, was criticised in a January 2012 prison inspection report for the conditions in which the most vulnerable prisoners were held in older wings.
The existence of the prison, which housed mostly Sunni Arab prisoners, has created a political furor in Iraq, prompted government denials and fanned sectarian tensions.
The siege began on Sunday when Taliban prisoners disarmed two guards and took them hostage, taking over much of the prison, which houses 580 insurgents.
But the prison, which holds about 2,800 men, has not been without problems.
Eleanor Roosevelt, with the help of an architect, designed the prison, which was completed in 1932.
The prison, which can hold 1,100 inmates, will receive $72 a day for each federal inmate.
Most of the inmates at the prison, which was in Woodbourne, N.Y., were in their late 30's and older.
The trial is being held in a courtroom inside the prison, which is near Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon.
The prison, which holds about 2,100 inmates, was in lockdown yesterday as the state police investigated the attack.
There was documentation that he worked at the prison, which Caputo inspected after his corpse was found.
There have been local movements to close the prison, which currently houses more than 2,200 inmates.
