Editing Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (section)

==Current operations==
[[File:Guantanamo Bay windmills.jpg|thumb|upright|Wind turbines atop John Paul Jones Hill, the highest point on the base]]

The military facility has{{As of when|date=September 2024}} over 8,500 [[United States Navy|U.S. sailors]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] stationed there.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/guantanamo-bay/ |website=Naval Technology |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature8/index.html| title=09360 No-Man's-Land| journal=National Geographic| first=Jeannie| last=Ralston| date=April 2005| access-date=16 March 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011181556/http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature8/index.html| archive-date=11 October 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref>  It is the only military base the U.S. maintains in a [[Socialist state|socialist country]].

In 2005, the U.S. Navy completed a $12 million [[Wind power|wind-power]] project at the base, erecting four 950 kilowatt, {{convert|275|ft|m|adj=mid| tall}} [[wind turbine]]s, reducing the reliance on [[diesel fuel]] to power the existing diesel generators (the base's primary [[electricity generation]]).<ref>{{cite press release|title=Navy's New Wind Turbines to Save Taxpayers $1.2 Million in Annual Energy Costs|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=18059|author=Virginia Bueno|publisher=[[Naval Facilities Engineering Command]]|date=25 April 2011|access-date=12 November 2016|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222223857/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=18059|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Annie |last=Snider |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/13/13greenwire-could-alternative-energy-be-gitmos-next-legacy-85177.html |title=Alternative Energy Be Gitmo's Next Legacy? |work=Greenwire |via=The New York Times |date=13 June 2011 }}</ref> In 2006, the wind turbines reduced diesel fuel consumption by {{convert|650000|USgal|e6l|abbr=off|sp=us}} annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/5915549848/in/photostream/ |title=Wind turbines at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay reduce fuel consumption by 650,000 gallons annually |date=30 July 2006 }}</ref>

=== Units and commands ===
Access to the Naval Station is very limited and must be pre-approved through the appropriate local chain of command with the Commander of the station as the final approval. Since berthing facilities are limited, visitors must be sponsored indicating that they have an approved residence for the duration of the visit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Section 1: General Entry Requirements|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/@cnrse/@gtmo/documents/document/cnic_050498.pdf|access-date=31 August 2012|publisher=United States Navy|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002115722/http://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/@cnrse/@gtmo/documents/document/cnic_050498.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

; Resident units 
* Headquarters, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
* Customer Service Desk (CSD)<ref name="CNICTENCOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/cnrse/installations/ns_guantanamo_bay/about/tenant_commands/ |title=Tenant Commands |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=6 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]]<ref name="CNICTENCOM" /><ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3">{{Cite book|url=http://www.cnic.navy.mil/guantanamo/About/History/GuantanamoBayHistoryMurphy/Volume2/Chapter3/index.htm|title=The History of Guantanamo Bay, 1964–1982|publisher=United States Navy|volume=II|chapter=Chapter 3|access-date=September 5, 2012|archive-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007003338/http://www.cnic.navy.mil/guantanamo/About/History/GuantanamoBayHistoryMurphy/Volume2/Chapter3/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Headquarters, JTF Guantanamo
** Joint Detention Group
** Joint Intelligence Group
** Joint Medical Group
** U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Detachment Guantanamo Bay
**[[AFN Guantanamo Bay]] radio and television unit
* [[Marine Corps Security Force Regiment|Marine Corps Security Force Company]]<ref name="CNICTENCOM" />
* Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Detachment Guantanamo Bay<ref name="CNICTENCOM" />
* Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" />
* Navy Supply<ref name="CNICTENCOM" />
* Navy Security Forces
* SEABEE Detachment
* U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Detachment Guantanamo Bay

; Assigned units 
* [[VC-10 Challengers|Fleet Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10)]] (1965–1993)<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" />
* U.S. Marine Corps Ground Defense Force (GDF) (1971–2000 [Redesignated as Marine Corps Security Forces Company on 1 Sep 2000])<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" />
* Naval Security Group Activity (Company L) (1966–2001)<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/docs/fa/coll-94.pdf |title=CNO: Shore and Fleet Organization Branch (SNDL) Collection COLL/94 |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=6 September 2012 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913033640/http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/docs/fa/coll-94.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) (1903–1995)<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/guantanamo-bay |title=US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
|publisher=Net Resources International |access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref>
* Fleet Training Group (FTG) (1943–1995)<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" /><ref>{{cite journal |title=Fleet Training Group Moves to Mayport|journal=All Hands|date=July 1995|issue=939|page=2 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9508184459/fleet-training-group-moves-mayport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105059/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9508184459/fleet-training-group-moves-mayport|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

; Homeported watercraft 
* YC 1639 ([[Lighter (barge)|open lighter]])<ref name="NVRNAVSTA">{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/c_13P5.htm |title=Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, CU (NAVSTA) Custodian Assignments |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903230231/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/c_13P5.htm |archive-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YC_1639.HTML |title=No Name (YC 1639) Open Lighter (NSP) |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021151557/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YC_1639.HTML |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Leeward'' (YFB-92) (ferry boat)<ref name="NVRNAVSTA" /><ref>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|id=YFB92}} |title=Leeward (YFB) Ferryboat or Launch (S-P) |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''Windward'' (YFB-93) (ferry boat)<ref name="NVRNAVSTA" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YFB_93.HTML |title=Windward (YFB93) |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021151850/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YFB_93.HTML |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* YON 258 (non-self propelled fuel oil barge)<ref name="NVRNAVSTA" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YON_258.HTML |title=No Name (YON 258) Fuel Oil Barge (N-S-P) |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021212258/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YON_258.HTML |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{USS|Wanamassa|YTB-820}} (large harbor tug)<ref name="NVRNAVSTA" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YTB_820.HTML |title=Wanamassa (YTB 820) Large Harbor Tug (S-P) |work=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021152019/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YTB_820.HTML |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* LCU 1671 and MK-8: landing craft used as an alternate ferry for transportation to areas inaccessible by the primary ferry and for moving hazardous cargo.<ref name="CNICPORTOPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnic.navy.mil/guantanamo/OperationsAndManagement/Operations/PortOperations/index.htm |title=Port Operations |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926111012/http://www.cnic.navy.mil/guantanamo/OperationsAndManagement/Operations/PortOperations/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* GTMO-5, GTMO-6 and GTMO-7 (50-ft. utility boats): used for personnel transportation during off-ferry hours.<ref name="CNICPORTOPS" />

; Civilian contractors
Besides servicemembers, the base houses a large number of civilian contractors working for the military. Many of these contractors are migrant workers from [[Jamaica]] and the [[Philippines]], and are thought to constitute up to 40% of the base's population.<ref name=li2015>{{citation|ssrn=2459268|title=Offshoring the Army: Migrant Workers and the U.S. Military|first=Darryl |last=Li|date=2015|volume=62 |journal=UCLA Law Review|pages=124–174}}</ref>

Major contractors working at NSGB have included the following:{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
* [[KBR (company)|KBR]]
* Schuyler Line Navigation Company (SLNC)
* Satellite Communication Systems Incorporated
* Centerra
* EMCOR
* Islands Mechanical Contractor
* Munilla Construction Management
* RQ Construction
* MCM Construction
* J&J Worldwide Services

===Cargo shipping===
Ocean transportation is provided by Schuyler Line Navigation Company, a U.S. Flag Ocean Carrier. Schuyler Line operates under government contract to supply sustainment and building supplies to the base.<ref>[https://www.schuylerline.com/cuba-liner-service/ Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Liner Service Schuyler Line Navigation Company]</ref>

=== Airfields ===
There are two airfields within the base, [[Leeward Point Field]] and McCalla Field. Leeward Point Field is the active military airfield, with the [[ICAO]] code MUGM and [[IATA]] code NBW.<ref name="WORLDAERDAT">{{cite web| url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=CU64698&sch=MUGM| title=Guantanamo Bay NS| publisher=WorldAeroData| access-date=31 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805234946/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=CU64698&sch=MUGM| archive-date=5 August 2011| url-status=usurped}}</ref> McCalla Field was designated as the auxiliary landing field in 1970s, but was no longer a viable airfield by the 1990s.<ref name="CNICHISVOL2CH3" />

==== Leeward Point Field ====
Leeward Point Field was constructed with a 6,000-foot main runway in 1943;<ref>{{Cite book |title=Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946 |publisher=[[US Government Publishing Office|US Government Printing Office]] |year=1947 |editor-last=Bingham |editor-first=Kenneth E. |volume=2 |location=Washington, DC |chapter=XVII: Bases in South America and the Caribbean Area, Including Bermuda |access-date=July 10, 2023 |chapter-url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/building-the-navys-bases/building-the-navys-bases-vol-2.html}}</ref> the runway was extended in 1953 to 8,000 feet to accommodate jet aircraft.<ref name="USNNAN">{{cite web| url=http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/dec78.pdf| title=Guantanamo Bay| work=Naval Aviation News| publisher=United States Navy| access-date=31 August 2012| archive-date=14 May 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514230435/http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/dec78.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Leeward Point Field has a single active runway, 10/28, measuring {{convert|8000|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WORLDAERDAT" /> The former runway, 9/27 was {{convert|8500|ft|abbr=on}}. Currently, Leeward Point Field operates several aircraft and helicopters supporting base operations. Leeward Point Field was home to Fleet Composite Squadron 10 ([[VC-10 Challengers|VC-10]]) until the unit was phased out in 1993. VC-10 was one of the last active-duty squadrons flying the [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk]].

==== McCalla Field ====
McCalla Field was established in 1931<ref name="USNNAN" /> and remained operational until 1970. The airfield was named for [[Bowman H. McCalla]], who was a [[United States Navy]] [[admiral]] in charge of the [[Battle of Guantánamo Bay]]. The current field was expanded in 1941 when the original grass runway was replaced.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guantanamo Bay Forts|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/gb.html|website=www.northamericanforts.com}}</ref> Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay was officially established 1 February 1941. Aircraft routinely operating out of McCalla included [[JRF-5]], [[N3N]], [[J2F]], [[C-1 Trader]],<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qMZ64JzqlkC&pg=PA246|title=Sea Legs|chapter=35 McCalla Field|first=Paul|last=Gillcrest|date=2000|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4697-9797-7}}</ref> and dirigibles. 

The airfield was deactivated in the 1970s and was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees beginning in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guantánamo Public Memory Project – Repurposing Gitmo|url=http://blog.gitmomemory.org/2012/10/15/repurposing-gitmo/|website=blog.gitmomemory.org}}</ref> Sometime between 1996 and 2001, the refugee camps were dismantled and the area became a collection of abandoned buildings.<ref name="Greenberg">{{cite book |last1=Greenberg |first1=Karen |title=The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days |date=27 September 2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-983209-5 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INuhojMA20sC&pg=PT48 |access-date=8 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> McCalla Field is now listed as a closed airfield. The USN aviation assets are now located across the bay at [[Leeward Point Field]], about 1.5 miles to the west.

After the events of [[September 11 attacks|September 11]], the area was reevaluated as a possible location for a detention facility.<ref name="Greenberg" /> [[Camp Justice (Guantanamo)|Camp Justice]] is now located on the grounds of the former airfield.

The area formerly consisted of three runways, all now closed: 1/19 at {{convert|4500|ft|abbr=on}}, 14/32 at {{convert|2210|ft|abbr=on}}, and 10/28 at {{convert|1850|ft|abbr=on}}. 

The former airfield resides at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|60|ft|abbr=on}} above [[mean sea level]].

=== Detention camp ===
{{Main|Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Cuban refugees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center}}
[[File:Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.jpg|thumb|The entrance to Camp 1 in detention camp's Camp Delta]]

Beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and [[Haitian refugee crisis|Haitian refugees]] intercepted on the high seas. In the early 1990s, it held refugees who fled Haiti after military forces overthrew president [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. These refugees were held in a detainment area called [[Camp Bulkeley]] until [[United States district court]] Judge [[Sterling Johnson, Jr.]] declared the camp unconstitutional on 8 June 1993. This decision was later [[Vacated judgment|vacated]]. The last Haitian migrants departed Guantanamo on 1 November 1995.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Beginning in 2002, following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, started in response to the [[September 11 attacks]], a small portion of the base was used to detain several hundred individuals with ties or suspected ties to Islamic terrorist groups such as [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Taliban]]. These detainees were not afforded POW status or facing formal charges but instead designated [[enemy combatants]]; assigned to confinement in [[Camp Delta (Guantanamo Bay)|Camp Delta]], [[Camp Echo (Guantanamo Bay)|Camp Echo]], [[Camp Iguana (Guantanamo Bay)|Camp Iguana]], and the now-closed [[Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo)|Camp X-Ray]]. In litigation regarding the availability of [[fundamental rights]] to those imprisoned at the base, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has recognized that the detainees "have been imprisoned in territory over which the United States exercises exclusive jurisdiction and control."<ref>''Rasul v. Bush'', 542 U.S. 466 (2004).</ref> Therefore, the detainees have the fundamental right to [[due process of law]] under the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]]. A district court has since held that the "Geneva Conventions applied to the Taliban detainees, but not to members of Al-Qaeda terrorist organization."<ref>''In re Guantanamo detainee Cases'', 355 F.Supp.2d 443 (D.D.C. 2005).</ref>

On 10 June 2006, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] reported that three Guantanamo Bay detainees [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp suicide attempts|took their own lives]]. The military reported the men hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes.<ref name=WaPo060611>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100357.html DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 11 June 2006</ref> A [[Seton Hall reports|study published by Seton Hall]] Law's Center for Policy and Research, while making no conclusions regarding what actually transpired, asserts that the military investigation failed to address significant issues detailed in that report.<ref>[http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/center-policy-research.cfm Death in Camp Delta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125628/http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/center-policy-research.cfm |date=28 December 2014 }}, Seton Hall University School of Law. (18&nbsp;MB)</ref>

On 6 September 2006, President [[George W. Bush]] announced that alleged or non-alleged combatants held by the CIA would be transferred to the custody of Department of Defense, and held at Guantanamo Prison. Of approximately 500 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, only 10 have been [[military tribunal|tried]] by the [[Guantanamo military commission]], but all cases have been stayed pending the adjustments being made to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in ''[[Hamdi v. Rumsfeld]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions. |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/542/507.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Findlaw |language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2009, [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] signed an executive order directing the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23GITMOCND.html|title=Obama Orders Secret Prisons and Detention Camps Closed|access-date=22 January 2009 |work=The New York Times |first=Scott |last=Shane |date=23 January 2009}}</ref> 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 in the United States. Senator [[Daniel Inouye]], a Democrat from Hawaii and chairman of the appropriations committee, said he favored keeping Guantanamo open until Obama produced a "coherent plan for closing the prison."<ref name="cbc">{{cite news| title=Senate Nixes Obama's Guantanamo Plan| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/senate-nixes-obama-s-guantanamo-plan-1.789725| publisher=CBC News| date=20 May 2009| access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
Consequently, Obama decided to postpone difficult decisions on the details for at least six months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/1016/p02s07-usgn.html|title=Obama's Guantánamo, Counterterror Policies Similar to Bush's?|author=Warren Richey|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=15 October 2009}}</ref>{{Better reference needed|date=August 2023}} On 7 March 2011, Obama issued a new executive order permitting indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-issues-executive-order-institutionalizing-indefinite-detention|title=President Obama Issues Executive Order Institutionalizing Indefinite Detention|date=7 March 2011|publisher=[[American Civil Liberties Union]]}}</ref> This decision was codified into federal law by provision added to the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/obama-makes-it-official-suspected-terrorists-can-be-indefinitely-detained-without-trial/333690/ |title=Obama Makes It Official: Suspected Terrorists Can Be Indefinitely Detained Without a Trial|date=31 December 2011|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=5 July 2012|archive-date=1 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701131543/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/12/obama-makes-it-official-suspected-terrorists-can-be-indefinitely-detained-without-trial/46818/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In early February 2021, the administration of U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] declared his intention to shut down the facility before he leaves office.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Ellie Kaufman|title=Biden administration says it intends to close Guantanamo prison|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/biden-guantanamo-bay/index.html|access-date=2021-02-12 |publisher=CNN |date=12 February 2021 }}</ref> He did not.

In July 2021, an additional detainee was released.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Carol|last2=Savage|first2=Charlie|date=2021-07-19|title=Biden Administration Transfers Its First Detainee From Guantánamo Bay|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/us/politics/guantanamo-bay-detainee-released.html|access-date=2021-08-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In June 2022, an Afghan prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay for about 15 years without trial was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afghan held at Guantanamo Bay freed after 15 years without trial |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/24/afghan-prisoner-at-guantanamo-bay-released-after-15-years |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2023, three prisoners were released from Guantanamo Bay. [[Majid_Khan_(detainee)|Majid Khan]], who pleaded guilty before a Military Commission in 2012, had completed his sentence of 10 years, and was released to [[Belize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3286127/guantanamo-bay-detainee-transfer-announced/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=defense.gov |language=en}}</ref> Brothers [[Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani]] and [[Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani]], whose detentions were deemed no longer necessary in order to protect the United States from a national security threat, were released and repatriated to the government of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3308522/guantanamo-bay-detainee-transfer-announced/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=defense.gov |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2023, [[Ghassan al-Sharbi]] was released to his home country of [[Saudi Arabia]] from Guantanamo Bay, after being deemed no longer necessary to detain in order to protect the United States from a national security threat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3323397/guantanamo-bay-detainee-transfer-announced/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=defense.gov |language=en}}</ref>

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In June 2023, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism [[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin]] released her final report on the detention center. The report concludes that prisoners endure "ongoing cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" and that the detention center should be closed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |date=2023-06-27 |title=Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1184597427/guantanamo-bay-detainees-continue-to-face-inhuman-treatment-u-n-investigator-fin |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=UN report criticizes treatment of inmates at Guantanamo Bay as 'cruel' and 'inhuman' |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/un-report-criticizes-treatment-of-inmates-at-guantanamo-bay-as-cruel-and-inhuman |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-14 |title=Technical Visit to the United States and Guantánamo Detention Facility by the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr/2023-06-26-SR-terrorism-technical-visit-US-guantanamo-detention-facility.pdf |access-date=2023-06-30 |publisher=United Nations Human Rights--Office of the High Commissioner}}</ref>

In early 2025, the [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] started sending numerous illegal migrants there, and he has stated that he intends to send the worst criminal migrants to the prison. Multiple groups and people have filed lawsuits against this, claiming that the prisoners do not have access to a lawyer or habeas corpus, and that the prisoners’ conditions were brutal enough that some have attempted suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-14 |title=Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers |url=https://apnews.com/article/guantanamo-bay-federal-judge-trump-administration-immigration-8ba17e20dabd8e8a5851bd2d5e4e3a59 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>