Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious ...

The CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, promoted by President Nayib Bukele, has drawn varying global reactions. It reportedly can house 40,000 inmates, including notorious gang members. While hardliners ...

Donald Trump has been offered the use of El Salvador ... of the capital San Salvador. Able to hold 40,000 inmates – nearly half the entire UK prison population – the CECOT is made up of ...

By Alek Buttermann El Salvador's recently floated plans to enter international prison management could represent a Copernican ...

Even before the campaign against gangs, El Salvador’s prisons were notoriously violent and overcrowded but the crown jewel of Bukele's fight is the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT ...

Gang members stand inside their cell at the maximum-security facility "Center for the Confinement of Terrorism" (Cecot) Prison. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has agreed to take in criminals ...

President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador could house convicted criminals, including convicted US citizens, into its mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Inmates attend a class on social behavior from inside their shared ...