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 D. Bulkeley ordered that the pipelines be cut and a section removed. A length of the diameter pipe and a length of the diameter pipe were lifted from the ground and the openings sealed. , the military facilities at Guantanamo Bay have over 9,500 U.S. sailors and Marines stationed there. It is the only military base the U.S. maintains in a socialist country. In 2005, the U.S. Navy completed a $12 million wind-power project at the base, erecting four 950-kilowatt, 275-foot-tall wind turbines, reducing the need for Diesel fuel to power the existing Diesel generators (the base's primary electricity generation).