US EditionEl Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown
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El Salvador builds largest prison in the Americas
By Sara Acosta San Salvador, Feb 3 (EFE).- The Salvadoran government is poised to open the largest prison in the Western Hemisphere, designed to hold as many as 40,000 gang members incommunicado. Known officially as the Center for Terrorism Confinement, the facility was built on a parcel of 165.2 hectares (407,901 acres) in a rural area more than 75 km (47 mi) from San Salvador. The structure itself occupies 23.1 hectares in the center of that e…
El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America.
El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America.This week, Bukele rolled out the completed project, a sprawling campus 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of the capital, that could eventually house 40,000 inmates.Dubbed the Terrorism Confinement Center, the prison will hold many of the more than 62,000 …
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