Gitmo Detainees to Get Satellite TV

What horrible conditions these fellas face:

The U.S. military is rigging up satellite television service and distributing Sudoku puzzles in Guantanamo prison cells even as the Obama administration works toward a goal of emptying them of detainees.

The amusements are aimed at providing mental stimulation for the 240 remaining captives, whom human rights monitors and defense lawyers have said were being driven mad by years of isolation at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists.

Satellite TV will be extended to the medium and maximum security camps within a month, he said. "We vet all of our channels very, very closely to ensure there is nothing that would incite the individuals here," he added.

The group-camp captives have long been allowed to eat communal meals on picnic tables outside their dorms and play soccer and basketball together in a central recreation yard.

The medium-security camp 6 has recently been reconfigured to allow groups of prisoners to play soccer together outside and mingle at steel tables at the center of their cellblocks.