Guantanamo Bay prisoners fought back against prison guards with improvised weapons when the guards removed detainees from communal living areas and put them in individual cells on Saturday.
Guards shot rubber bullets at the prisoners to control the crowd in the Camp IV detention center. “There were no serious injuries to guards or detainees,” according to a statement from Joint Task Force Guantanamo, which runs the prison.
According to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, the guards isolated detainees in individual cells because the prisoners had covered up surveillance cameras, windows, and glass partitions in communal living areas.
The 166 or so inmates at the detention facility have grown increasingly frustrated at their treatment since a new commander took over Guantanamo last year, CNN reported.
In response to a number of issues, including guards searching through the prisoners’ Korans in a disrespectful manner, some inmates have gone on a weeks-long hunger strike, according to CNN.
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