Reform says it will send foreign criminals to El Salvador
Reform UK says the plan could free up space as British prisons run at 99% capacity and the party weighs temporary Nightingale cells.
- On Monday, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced talks with President Nayib Bukele's government to rent space in El Salvador's maximum-security facility for over 10,000 foreign inmates currently held in British prisons.
- Facing a capacity crisis, the British prison system operated at 99% capacity early this year, prompting Reform UK to pledge 12,000 new spaces through temporary 'Nightingale Prisons' to ease overcrowding.
- Formally called the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo , the maximum-security prison in Tecoluca has a capacity of 40,000 inmates, housing between 15,000 and 20,000 detainees at its peak, according to prison director Belarmino Garcia.
- Critics and charities warned that deporting detainees risks exposing them to torture, while a Labour Party spokesperson dismissed the proposal, stating "Keeping the public safe is and always will be Labour's first priority."
- Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson will lead a delegation to El Salvador within months to finalize arrangements, as Ecuador and Costa Rica are also constructing CECOT-style maximum-security facilities following the model's regional success.
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