It isn't. There is no reason for having the camp that can't be bettered by other options available.
it was created in 1898
"Gitmo" is a term for the detention facility Guantanamo Bay. One can find more information about the facility by reading the Guantanamo Bay Wikipedia page.
the maximum prison at the guantanamo bay naval base in cuba?
No. Detainees are held without charge or reason - and are not even within U.S. jurisdiction when they are "arrested" - are tortured on an almost daily basis, and are deprived of human contact.
Camp Bulkeley.
I believe you can. People say the experience is very sad.
It's a play on Club Med - a tropical resort.
The US assumed control of Guantanamo Bay in 1903, under the Cuban-American Treaty which grants the US a perpetual lease. The US gained control originally in 1901 under the Platt Amendment, by which the US obtained the right to intervene in Cuba and to lease or buy land for a naval station. It was built in 1898 after the Spanish-American War and became a US Naval base because of its strategic importance. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp us military operated by Joint Task Force.
Camp Delta is the permanent internment facility at Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) where the international terrorist suspects have been held and interrogated.
Guantanamo Bay isn't closed yet
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is operational.
Guantanamo Bay is located in Cuba as a detainment facility. It has no capital.