Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #975 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY February 4, 2025: ‘Inside CECOT’ by ZUMA Press award winning dpa photo-journalist Juan Carlos: El Salvador, until recently one of the most dangerous countries in the world, but now has record low homicides thanks to newfound security measures by President Nayib Bukele. The small Central American country has offered to take in criminals deported from the US, including those with US citizenship, and house them in its mega-jail. Able to hold 40,000 inmates, the CECOT is made up of eight sprawling pavilions. Its cells hold 65 to 70 prisoners each. They do not receive visits. There are no programs preparing them to return to society after their sentences, no workshops or educational programs. Amnesty International has criticized the ‘gradual replacement of gang violence with state violence’ in the country. Welcome to ‘Inside CECOT’
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