Gregory Korte, Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker

USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce his plan for the future of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Tuesday morning, the White House said.

Obama has long supported closing the prison, which houses suspected terrorists, including those accused of planning the 9/11 attacks.

The announcement is scheduled for 10:10 a.m. in the White House press briefing room.

There are currently 91 prisoners at the base, which is down from more than 600 during the George W. Bush administration. Bush opened the camp to hold suspected terrorists who were captured in the days following 9/11 and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Congress has blocked Obama's attempts to close the prison, which houses detainees from the global war on terror who being held without trial. But in a bill passed last year, Congress but offered the administration a chance to propose a comprehensive detention strategy outlining what he would do with the remaining detainees if he closed Guantanamo Bay. The deadline for that report is today.

"The Department of Defense has been working very diligently with other components of the president's national security team to put together a thoughtful, workable, sensible plan that reflects the national security interests of the United States and reflects the responsibility that the United States government has to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said last week.

Obama is scheduled to visit Cuba next month. He will not to go Guantanamo.