US Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to visit the controversial US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay next week.
The announcement comes after President Barack Obama signed a presidential order to close the prison, which illegally detains 245 individuals, by January next year.
Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have been charged with carrying out a review to determine the fate of the installation's detainees, a task which presents major legal and political headaches for the Obama administration.
Holder said that the administration will determine who will be released, those prisoners to be prosecuted, and those who will remain in detention.
The members of the European Union and the Organization of American States, as well as non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International, have protested the detention and conditions of captivity the individuals must endure at Guantanamo.
The Human Rights Watch has also criticized the Bush administration over this designation in its 2003 world report, stating: "Washington has ignored human rights standards in its own treatment of terrorism suspects.
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