Camp four (Guantanamo)

Camp four barracks, May 2006. Captives in Camp four live in communal barracks, similar to those in POW camps.

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Camp four is one of the camps that make up the complex of camps for captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] Camp four is the camp that most closely resembles a traditional Prisoner of War camp. Captives held there live in communal dormitories, and have day long access to communal exercise yard, games, and books.

Camp authorities only allowed the captives they considered "compliant" to stay in camp four.^[1] The captives in Camp four are allowed to wear white or tan uniforms which distinguish them from the orange uniforms "non-compliant" captives wear.

Incident at Camp IV

On May 19, 2006 a skirmish took place in Bay 1, Zulu Block (building) of Camp IV. A ten-person "quick reaction force" entered bay 1 in response to a possible suicide attempt. A skuffle ensued for about five minutes between the team and the occupants, which escalated to the use of tear gas, non-lethal bullets, and "bean bags" against light fixtures and fan blades. Six occupants were treated for minor injuries.^[2]

References

1 2 Andy Worthington (2007). The Guantanamo Files. Pluto Press. ISBN 978 0 7453 2664 1.
↑ US DoD News May 19, 2006, Skirmish American Forces Press Service, with photos

Guantanamo Bay detention camps

Camp one -- April 2002 -- open air cages, but with plumbing
Camp two -- open air cages, but with plumbing
Camp three -- open air cages, but with plumbing
Camp four -- more pleasant surroundings for the most compliant detainees
Camp five -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility
Camp Five Echo "disciplinary block" for "non-compliant" prisoners
Camp six -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility
Camp seven -- secret location, former CIA "high value detainees" held here
Camp No (Camp seven) -- secret interrogation center
Camp X-Ray -- January - April 2002 -- open air cages with no plumbing
Camp Delta -- blanket term used to refer to most of the other camps
Camp Iguana -- originally held child detainees, now holds the men determined to be innocent
Camp Echo -- isolation cells, and cells where detainees are held prior to meeting their lawyers
Guantanamo psychiatric ward -- opened in March 2003
Strawberry Fields -- black site run by the CIA

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