The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is located outside of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
=== Detention camp ===Beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas
On 6 January 2011, President Obama signed the 2011 Defense Authorization Bill, which, in part, placed restrictions on the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to the mainland or to foreign countries, thus impeding the closure of the facility

