Internment and Resettlement In Support of the Spectrum of Operations 12 February 2010 FM 3-39.40 2-5 COUNTERINSURGENCY EFFECTS ON INTERNMENT OPERATIONS 2-22. Demanding and complex, counterinsurgency draws heavily on a broad range of capabilities and requires a different mix of offensive, defensive, and stability operations from that typically expected inmajor combat operations. The balance between them depends on the local situation. A successful counterinsurgency effort establishes HN institutions that can sustain government legitimacy.2-23. The need for information is so crucial in counterinsurgency operations that it typically leads to an increased number of detainees. The time-sensitive nature of information and intelligence in counterinsurgency often leads to detentions based on incomplete or inaccurate information that makes determining detainee status and identification difficult and complex. The process of detainee identification and assessment is continuous and begins at the POC; is actively monitored during the period of detainee internment; and significantly impacts custody, control, and release decisions and strategies.2-24. Detainee operations play a significant role in counterinsurgency efforts because large detainee populations can become fertile ground for insurgent, extremist, and criminal recruitment, development, and growth if they are not processed quickly and effectively. The development and growth of insurgent and/or criminal networks, if not identified and mitigated, can pose significant threats to I/R cadre and the detainee/DC population.2-25. Detainee populations grow incrementally as counterinsurgency operations endure, or they can increase very rapidly during surge operations, reflecting the episodic nature of counterinsurgency. Captured insurgents display a propensity to continue recruitment, assassination, and intimidation inside TIFs, making it incumbent upon forces supporting detainee operations to focus their efforts on countering that portion of the insurgency within the facility, while synchronizing their efforts with military operations outside the detention facility. COUNTERING THREATS WITHIN THE FACILITY 2-26. Prisons can provide insurgents with a large pool of discontented persons that may facilitate recruitment efforts by insurgent, criminal, or other irregular actors. These threats are not confined to internment operations; they are just as likely to propagate within resettlement or conventional prison operations. These irregular threat actors may also attempt to infiltrate detention or resettlement facilities to intimidate or assassinate political opponents or their supporters. The facility commander develops procedures designed to identify and defeat insurgent efforts to organize escape, harm the guard force and other detainees, or degrade the effectiveness of the facility threat operation in general. These efforts may be linked to an overarching counterinsurgency effort in the theater or may be locally initiated efforts to gain control within the facility population. The identification of a linkage to an external effort may be accomplished through and coordinating and sharing police information with an external multifunctional headquarters such as the military police command or a joint detainee task force. The military police command or joint detainee task force coordinates and synchronizes support with MI, civil affairs (CA),PSYOP and linguists; medical, legal, HN, and interagency personnel; and local leaders in an effort to defeat insurgency within the facility. Procedures or tactics, techniques, and procedures to defeat the internal threat networks and efforts within the facility may include— Developing deliberate procedures for detainee identification, categorization, and continual assessment. Using multifunctional boards to assess detainees and develop reconciliation plans. Identifying and designating dedicated teams with specific skill sets through mission analysis for each major compound . (The teams are organized to identify and mitigate threats within the facility and will likely include bilingual bicultural advisors; intelligence officers;counterintelligence agents; and others as required.) Allowing detainee participation in their own adjudication and rehabilitation destiny. Empowering detainee leaders to leverage their support through incentives. Ensuring that the informational needs of detainees are met and that rules and/or disciplinary actions are understood.
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