Lawyers of Guantanamo prison detainees are no longer allowed to bring food to their consultation meetings at Camp Echo starting Wednesday.

The new rule follows procedures at federal prisons and the military's disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Navy spokesman Capt. Tom Gresback said.

"A legal room is not designed to be a dining facility," said Gresback, according to Stripes.

Some lawyers of detainees are reacting to the new policy introduced by Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, outgoing commander of the prison in Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.

Shane Kadidal, of the New York legal defense firm Center for Constitutional Rights, said eating during legal meetings with detainees was routine. Detainees also expect the food, which they consider as their only link to the outside world.

The new rule deprives the prisoners of "a little slice of the outside world for a couple of hours," said attorney Alka Pradhan, according to Stripes.

Pradhan, of the London-based legal defense firm Reprieve that is representing Moroccan detainee Younous Abdurrahman Chekkouri, brought foods like Egg McMuffins ordered from a McDonald's at the base. Other lawyers were used to bringing burgers and breakfast sandwiches from the base McDonald's, which operated by a franchisee since it opened in 1986.

A former military lawyer, who declined to be identified, claimed he spent $5,000 worth of meals from base restaurants for his meetings with Omar Khadr, who was 15 when detained at Guantanamo prison in 2002 for killing a U.S. soldier with a grenade.

Khadr, who was released to Canada in 2009 at age 22, was ordered released on bail by a Canadian court on May 7, according to the Human Rights Watch.

Lawyers also brought traditional Middle East or Afghan food bought from restaurants in Washington, D.C.to meetings with Muslim detainees.

Cozad is banning food for detainees while also imposing the policy of force feeding detainees on hunger strike. "It's a last resort. It's not a disciplinary measure. It's made under medical and nutritional guidance. I consult with my Senior Medical Officer and it's a last-resort option for us. We take the decision to enterally feed a detainee when the patient's medical conditions are such that the doctor has a concern. We have robust but limited medical facilities on the island," Cozad said in an interview with a visiting Gulf News crew in January.

Cozad will leave his post in July and Rear Adm. Fernandez Ponds will take his place, according to the Daily Mail.