Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
El Salvador has the highest prison population rate in the world. The US administration intends to increase the number of ...
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Deportees arriving at Salvadoran megaprison face uncertain future
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele says he’s imprisoned some 200 Venezuelans and 23 Salvador deportees from the US in “very good jails” at a fair price. Carlos Dada, co-founder and director of the ...
Inside look at El Salvador’s mega-prison holding Venezuelan deportees with alleged gang ties
Human rights advocates warn that the deportees legal rights were violated as they were transferred to the CECOT, a ...
What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there
A mega-prison where visitation and education are not allowed became Trump's latest tool in his crackdown on immigration, when ...