New Ecuadorian Bukele-Style Supermax Prison Advances as Government Battles Gang Control

New Ecuadorian Bukele-Style Supermax Prison Advances as Government Battles Gang Control

Ecuador has finished 35% of a new maximum-security prison on the country’s coast, according to the national prison authority. The government is spending $52 million on this project in Santa Elena, aiming to house up to 880 of Ecuador’s most dangerous inmates. Officials want the facility completed within 300 days, but progress has been slower […]