In addition to the regular camps for detainees held in extrajudicial detention there is a Guantanamo psychiatric ward at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp complex in Cuba. The Department of Defense announced the opening of the psychiatric facility in March 2003. Camp Commandant Geoffrey D. Miller denied that the opening of the psychiatric facility was solely in response to detainees' suicide attempts. Larry C. James was the chief psychologist in 2003.
In April 2008 Adam M. Robinson, the United States Navy's surgeon general, wrote that the "...core psychological health team one psychologist, one psychiatrist, five behavioral nurses and 14 psychiatric technicians".
On June 7, 2010, The Washington Post reported, after obtaining the first official figures for capital costs of the Guantanamo camps to be made public, that the current building cost US$2.9 million.
Detainees known to have been held in the psychiatric facility
+ Detainees known to have held in the psychiatric facility ISN name notes 78 Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi Committed suicide in 2009. 156 Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif Won his habeas corpus in 2010 but died in Guantanamo in 2012. 290 Ahmed Belbacha Cleared for repatriation. 669 Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair Sent to the psychiatric facility after a meeting with the camp's commandant. 743 Muhammad Saad Iqbal Pakistani torture victim. 10028 Inayatullah After his death, of apparent suicide, on May 18, 2011, Inayatullah's lawyer reported that he had spent long periods in the Psychiatric unit.mirror
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