The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.

The Due Process of Law Foundation, which campaigns for human rights in Latin America, has said the ... “That’s why they are here, in a maximum-security prison that they will never leave ...

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

Mr Bukele said that El Salvador would ask for payment and was ready to incarcerate Americans in a prison he opened in 2024 that is Latin America ... opening of the maximum-security prison ...

The president of El Salvador on Monday offered to house convicted US citizens in his country’s “mega-prison” and take in deported criminal illegal migrants of any nationality after a meeting with ...

El Salvador is thought to be home to 'the world's worst prison', where President Donald Trump can now send US citizens. Maximum security prison ... the United States of America the opportunity ...

“We have offered the United States of America ... Speaking to AFP, prison director Belarmino Garcia called the inmates “psychopaths who will be difficult to rehabilitate,” adding: “That’s why they are ...

The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, where President Donald Trump claimed he would jail US citizens in a 'heartbeat', can hold 40,000.

The maximum-security facility Bukele referred to, the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT), is central to his crackdown against violent gangs. The prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, has ...

THE dangerous inmate who sliced a highly-regarded prison officer in a shocking attack has been transferred to Ireland’s maximum security jail in Portlaoise. We have learned the young thug ...

North Dakota's prison system says inmates spend 50% of their sentence in its facilities, including transitional housing. “There is no truth in sentencing,” Attorney General Drew Wrigley said.