Abdul Helil Mamut’s good behavior earned him a spot in a medium-security compound at the Guantanamo Bay prison, where he slept in a barracks, shared leisurely meals with other prisoners and could spend more than half the day in an outdoor recreation area.
But in December, the detainee was among dozens transferred from Camp 4 to the maximum-security Camp 6, the newest section of Guantanamo Bay’s military prison.
Now Mamut, an ethnic Uighur from China captured in Pakistan, spends all but two hours a day isolated in his cell. He eats and prays by himself. His only recreation comes in a concrete courtyard surrounded by high walls, separated from other prisoners by a chain-link fence.
Oh sad. Life harsh at a prison set up for terror suspects? Oh the horror!
I desperately want to see the inside of Gitmo; want to spend a couple of weeks “working” there with my cat o’nine tails in hand, but Mr. Right keeps muttering something about conventions and international incidents. Whatever. Anyway…
Wells Dixon, who also represents Uighurs held at Guantanamo, predicted the lack of human interaction in Camp 6 will cause detainees to lose their grip on reality.
“It will very soon become an insane asylum,” he told The Associated Press in a phone interview after he returned from the base in January.
Hahaha! Mr. Dixon, we’re talking about a facility filled with people who want to murder in the name of a false prophet. I don’t think you have to worry about their reality slipping more than it already has. And as for it being an insane asylum, I couldn’t agree more. Anyone who adheres to such a blood-soaked, subjugating, evil “religion” needs to have their head examined. I say we keep ‘em there in the name of science, to see what makes ‘em tick.
When the first detainees arrived in the new unit in December, they found on their bunks two pieces of baklava – a sweet pastry common in the Middle East – to welcome them to their new quarters, according to one prison official.
Oh, that’s harsh! Terrible! Call the UN!!
Originally, Camp 6 was going to be more like Camp 4, with detainees allowed to congregate in a common area and share meals. But the commander of the detention center, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, said that plan changed after 10 detainees attacked guards in Camp 4 last May and three prisoners committed suicide in June in Camp 1.
Please refer to earlier “insane asylum” comment.
