Camp X-Ray
Camp X-Ray was a temporary detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp of Joint Task Force 160 on board the United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The first twenty detainees arrived at Guantanamo on 11 January 2002. It was named Camp X-Ray because various temporary camps used to house Cuban and Haitian migrants in the 80s and 90s on board the station were named using NATO phonetic alphabet. The legal status of detainees at the camp, as well as government processes for trying their cases, has been a significant source of controversy; several landmark cases have been determined by the United States Supreme Court.
| Camp X-Ray | |
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| Part of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay | |
| Guantánamo Bay in Cuba | |
Camp X-Ray under construction during January 2002 | |
Camp X-Ray | |
| Coordinates | 19.9382°N 75.0970°W |
| Type | US military temporary detention facility |
| Site information | |
| Operator | US Southern Command |
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| Condition | Closed |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1994 |
| Built by | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (2001–2002) |
| In use | 1994–1996 2001–2002 |
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As of 29 April 2002, Camp X-Ray was closed and all prisoners were transferred to Camp Delta.
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