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

In February 2023, Salvadoran authorities launched what they claim to be "Latin America's biggest prison." The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a 57-acre (23-hectare) "mega-prison", is located ...

(AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File) A body screening device used to register inmates is displayed during a media tour of the ...

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 ...

We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee,“ he added. ”The fee would be relatively low for the U ...

In February 2023, Salvadoran authorities launched what they claim to be "Latin America's biggest prison." The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a 57-acre (23-hectare) "mega-prison", is located ...

There is now.” Even before his announcement with Rubio, Bukele had planned to put more people in prison. What is the CECOT? Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against ...

What to Know About El Salvador's Mega-Prison ... Confinement Center, or CECOT, he opened in 2023. In slickly produced videos, prisoners in boxer shorts are marched into prison yards and made ...

Even before his announcement with Rubio, Bukele had planned to put more people in prison. Bukele ordered the mega-prison built ... Able to hold 40,000 inmates, the CECOT is made up of eight ...