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The first ex-Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court has avoided solitary confinement in the so-called Supermax prison.

The Bureau of Prisons website shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is at the United States Penitentiary in Florence, Colo. The high-security facility is in the same complex as the Supermax but keeps most of its prisoners in its general population.

Ghailani is serving a life sentence for his role in the August 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

The New York Times first reported the story on Tuesday. It says a federal prisons spokesman declined to say if Ghailani will be placed in the general population.

Ghailani’s lawyer, Peter Quijano, told the Times he was pleased his client had avoided the Supermax.

The U.S. attorney’s office had no comment.

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