Camp Echo

:"This article concerns a Guantanamo Bay detention camp. For an Iraqi camp of the Multinational Division Central-South see Camp Echo (Iraq)."Camp Echo is one of seven Guantanamo Bay detention camps that make up the main Camp Delta, at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, run by the United States military. The facility is used to hold detainees in solitary confinement. Among the detainees there are those who have been selected by the President of the United States for the Military Commissions, and others considered "high value" to the Defense Department.

The location of Camp Echo just outside the main Delta facility allows detainees to consult with lawyers. The physical structure of Camp Echo involves one-story buildings divided into two rooms by mesh grates. This division allows lawyers to consult with detainees in the area of their cells. It is at this facility, for example, that accused "Millennium Bomber" Ahcene Zemiri consulted with his lawyer, Nicole Moen. [http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8154] Military officials also use the facilities to interrogate detainees.

The eight feet by ten feet (2.4 m by 3 m) concrete buildings have no windows, but are air-conditioned. The cell side contains a toilet and a cot. The visitor side contains a table and chairs.

Camp Echo is accessed by passing through several guarded checkpoint gates. The camp is surrounded by high razor wire fences and is shrouded behind a thick green mesh. Walkways are drawn in the crushed white rock on the ground of the camp, and visitors are instructed to stay within these boundaries.

A few buildings on the Camp Echo premises are used by the CIA to hold valuable al-Qaeda prisoners. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5918-2004Dec16.html] These facilities are some of the most restricted on the entire base. The camp was being expanded as of June 2004. [http://www.veteransforpeace.org/In_Guntanamo_detainee_061304.htm]

Camp Echo is under 24-hour guard by U.S. military police.

Camp Delta is composed of detention camps 1, 2, 3, 4 and Camp Echo.

ee also

* Camp Iguana

References

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/guantanamo-bay_delta.htm Camp profile by Globalsecurity.org]
* [http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8154 A visit to the camp, as described by lawyer Nicole Moen]
* [http://www.fairgofordavid.org/htmlfiles/media/wsws21May04.htm Account of Camp Echo conditions, according to father of an Australian detainee]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1406987,00.html The psychological effects of the camp, as described by detainee Martin Mubanga]