The commander of the detention center ordered the transfer because prisoners participating in the hunger strike had covered up security cameras and blocked windows, making it difficult to monitor their health during a protest that has lasted more than two months, said Navy Capt.
The incident, which happened in Camp VI at the detention center, comes as some inmates have waged a weeks-long hunger strike in protest of their treatment, guards searching through Qurans and other issues.
Their center's groundbreaking in 1999 began by dedicating a memorial to the "Great Hunger, " or the mid-19th century potato famine that led to death, disease and mass emigration, Moriarty said.