Guantanamo Bay detainment camp library Guantanamo Bay detainment camp library The library made available to detainee's held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, is notable for the controversy it has stirred. Access to books, particularly the Harry Potter series, is widely described as a sign that the conditions for the detainees has improved. The Department of Defense reports that Guantanamo detainees have access to 3,500 volumes, though they are attempting to increase the collection to 10,000–20,000 Guantanamo detainees such as David Hicks reported that the "reading room" did not contain any reading material itself. They have to "order"
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base these explicitly dealt with policy at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and directed the camp's closure within one year. All three could have possibly impacted the detention center, as well as how the United States holds detainees. While mandating closure of the detention camp, the naval base as a whole is not subject to the order and will remain operational indefinitely. This plan was thwarted for the time being on 20 May 2009, when the United States Senate voted to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities