Telephone access of Guantanamo Bay detainees

In 2008 the Joint Task Force Guantanamo that manages the camps developed rules regarding phone calls: all detainees who met certain conditions were allowed to make one call home per year.

[1][2][3][4] On September 29, 2009, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced that Guantanamo captives and their families would be allowed to communicate through a two-way video link.

[8] His family traveled to the ICRC's Peshawar office, where one end of the video link had been set up.

While some phone calls to families had been allowed at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in 2008 the Joint Military Task Force developed policy and procedures to allow all detainees who satisfied certain conditions to make one phone call annually.

Facilities were upgraded and in 2009, the Red Cross assisted with setting up video calls to its centers overseas.