Alan Gross

Demonstrators gathered for a rally for American detainee Alan Gross in Washington, DC, during December 2013.

After five years in a Cuban jail, an American contractor is ‘literally wasting away’

Justice

USAID contractor Alan Gross completed his fifth year in a Cuban jail on Wednesday, and his family says his mental state is deteriorating rapidly. But a proposal for a prisoner swap with Cuba is still too much of a political lightning rod.

Judy Gross the wife of a U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state, speaks at a rally for her husband's release in Florida.

It’s four years and counting for one American in a Cuban jail cell

Conflict & Justice