{"id":55856,"date":"2021-04-04T19:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T19:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/04\/us-closes-once-secret-guantanamo-prison-unit-moves-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:13:29","slug":"us-closes-once-secret-guantanamo-prison-unit-moves-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/04\/04\/us-closes-once-secret-guantanamo-prison-unit-moves-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"US closes once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/11\/29\/bidens-win-means-some-guantanamo-prisoners-may-be-released\/\" target=_blank>The prisoners<\/a> at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held as part of what U.S. Southern Command said in a statement was an effort to \u201cincrease operational efficiency and effectiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees the detention center at the southeastern edge of Cuba, did not say how many prisoners were moved. Officials have previously said about 14 men were held in Camp 7. There are 40 prisoners at Guantanamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 \u201csafely and without incident,\u201d but did not say when the transfer occurred. Camp 5, which was largely empty, is next to Camp 6, where the other detainees are held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camp 7 opened in December 2006 for prisoners previously held in a network of clandestine CIA detention facilities, often referred to as \u201cblack sites,\u201d where they were subjected to brutal interrogation techniques. The military ran it under an agreement with CIA, and Southern Command said intelligence agencies were involved with the transfer. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/13\/biden-will-try-to-close-guantanamo-after-robust-review\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21030809363006.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Biden will try to close Guantanamo after \u2018robust\u2019 review<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki said it was the \u201cintention\u201d of the Biden administration to close the detention facility.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military long refused to even acknowledge the location of Camp 7 on the base and has never allowed journalists to see the inside of the facility. 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