http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1154310.htmTONY EASTLEY: For two years David Hicks has been detained at a US naval base, tucked away on the eastern tip of Cuba. In this tiny part of America in the Caribbean, Hicks is now kept in a small cell, with no windows, prohibited from contact with other detainees.
The ABC has had access to Camp Echo at Guantanamo Bay where Mr Hicks is imprisoned, along with five other detainees all awaiting trial. The other Australian at Guantanamo, Mamdouh Habib, is also expected to be moved to the maximum security facility.
Our North America Correspondent Leigh Sales is at Guantanamo Bay and I asked her about where David Hicks is being held.
LEIGH SALES: Yes, we were taken today to Camp Echo which is where David Hicks is housed and where Mamdouh Habib will be moving shortly. We were given a tour of one of the huts there – it's not the one that David Hicks is living in obviously – but it's identical.
It's a very small brown hut. Inside, it's probably about 10 feet by 10 feet. It's divided into two – there's a metal chain wall which splits the cell. It's a very plain cell. On one side, he's got a bed, a toilet and a shower, and on the other side, just a table.
He's kept in maximum security. He's not allowed contact with any other detainees. His lawyers are allowed to see him, but the guards who see him all the time have minimal interaction with him, so he's very isolated.
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