The death of a Marine Corps corporal in Cuba from non-combat injuries is under investigation by the Naval Criminal ...

President Joe Biden's record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed. He succeeded in reducing the detainee population he inherited by more than half, but ...

A look the facility's history: — JANUARY 2002: U.S. transfers the first 20 prisoners from holding cells overseas to the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Free American Territory," behind a gate marking the border with the U.S. Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File) ...

The United States has maintained a presence in Guantanamo Bay since 1898 and has leased the land and water from Cuba since 1903. The lease continued following the Cuban revolution.

Free American Territory,” behind a gate marking the border with the U.S. Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File) ...

According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "a perfect place" where the Trump administration could hold up to 30,000 migrants while they await being ...

Noel West, 89, is one of the 19 Cuban Special Category Residents who still live in US Naval Station Guantánamo Bay. In the early 60s, the border between the US and Cuba closed on the base, and ...

USS Helena, shown here in Norfolk, Virginia, arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a fleet of Russian warships crossed into Havana Bay ahead of planned military exercises. (Shayne Hensley/U.S ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay will be used to hold people who can’t be sent back to their home countries. Here’s what to know about the U.S. base in Cuba.

A guard tower overlooks Camp 5 at the U.S. military’s prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The prison costs U.S. taxpayers more than $440 million a year to operate, or nearly $11 million per detainee.

The US took Guantánamo Bay in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. After Cuba gained independence in 1903, they leased 45 square miles on the bay to the US for construction of a naval station.