Iraq's "reeducation camps"

At the US detention facilities in Iraq prisoners take "courses" of education "almost all of which are voluntary."

The courses they take, almost all of which are voluntary, include basic education, vocational training and religion. The religion course, run by one of 43 imams working on the program, lasts four days.

The civics course, which each detainee must take before he is released, covers "why you should try to get an education -- why you should try to have a job," Stone said. Other courses touch "on how you control anger, the oath of peace, the sacredness of life and property and references back to the Koran," he added. The demand for classes has "stripped" the 150 teachers he has available.

"I don't change people," Stone said. "Those people or God changes them, not me, but we do set in motion the ability to have that change take place."

I understand the principles behind this, but I can't help but think of "reeducation camps" and wonder just how "voluntary" these courses are. I'm sure privileges and conditions (and they admit release) are tied to attendance and success in these courses.