Guantanamo Bay detainment camp library information
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Privileged detainees in Camp 4 wait for books.
The library made available to detainees 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.[1][2][3][4]
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[2][5][6]
Guantanamo detainees such as David Hicks reported that the "reading room" did not contain any reading material itself.[7]
They have to "order" books in advance.[5]
According to the Library Journal the Associated Press reported that the detainees have been known to use the books to pass messages to each other. Now each book is checked when it was returned.
Detainees who break this rule lose their library privileges.
Popular books and authors include the Harry Potter series, Agatha Christie mysteries, Khalil Gibran, self-help manual Don't Be Sad[5] and The Lord of the Rings.[8][9]
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"Pols: Gitmo Conditions Have Improved". Fox News. June 27, 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
^ abAndrew Selsky (September 24, 2006). "Guantanamo Inmates Turn to Library Books: Guantanamo Inmates Achieve a Measure of Escape Through Library Books; Nonfiction Most Popular". ABC News. Archived from the original on January 2, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
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Rachel Williams (September 24, 2006). "Terrorist detainees spellbound by Harry Potter tales". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
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Jackson Diehl (July 23, 2007). "Pistachios at Guantanamo". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
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"The Library at Guantanamo: 4200 Titles Under High Security". Library Journal. 2006-10-05. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
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"Ten Facts about Guantanamo". Department of Defense. September 14, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
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Jonathan Pearlman (November 28, 2006). "Hicks's window on the world". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
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Ben Fox (2008-04-10). "Gitmo prisoner rejects military trial". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22.
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Lesley Clark (2006-11-04). "What's a bored detainee to do? Check a book out of the library". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
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