Costa Rica Opens Prison Modeled on El Salvador's CECOT
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Costa Rica inaugurates a mega-prison inspired by the Salvadoran model, designed to accommodate approximately 5,000 inmates. Without electrical outlets in the cells and with strict control of food and authorized clothing, the institution aims to prevent detainees from communicating with the outside and to cut off links between gang leaders and their criminal networks. Costa Rica is becoming an increasingly repressive country, with an increasing c…
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INTELLINEWSThe Centre for High Security Against Organized Crime will be able to accommodate 5,100 prisoners from the most dangerous in the country. It is inspired by the security policy in El Salvador, which is very repressive and admired by the right-wing American regimes.
In Costa Rica, on 14 October, right-wing President Laura Fernández Delgado will open the first mega prison modelled on El Salvador.
The government opens on 14 October the Cacco, a maximum containment prison with capacity for 5,000 prisoners. Learn about its characteristics, security measures and background.
Costa Rica opens a mega-prison for dangerous prisoners, inspired by the Salvadoran model, seeking to improve security and reduce violence in the country.
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