Thousands of tattooed inmates moved to El Salvador prison will 'never return'

[Judi Lynn]

Josh Milton
Thursday 16 Mar 2023 6:11 pm

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Thousands of tattooed suspected gang members have been sent to a sprawling new prison in El Salvador that they will ‘never return’ from.

More than 65,000 suspected gang members have been arrested since March last year amid a government crackdown in the Central American country.

It came when an eruption of gang violence left more than 60 dead – including street vendors, bus riders and marketgoers – in the nation’s bloodiest day since the civil war 30 years ago.

The 40,000-capacity Center for the Confinement of Terrorism in Tecoluca, San Vicente, was purpose-built to relieve the increasingly overwhelmed prison system.

The first 2,000 inmates were sent there last month at a time when nearly 2% of the adult population of El Salvador is in jail.

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The Center for the Confinement of Terrorism is designed to house the 10s of thousands of people arrested during government crackdowns (Picture: AFP)



The country’s government has extended emergency powers to let the mass arrests continue (Picture: Getty Images South America)



Guards have access to dining rooms and exercise facilities in the jail (Picture: Reuters)

More:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/16/thousands-of-tattooed-inmates-moved-to-el-salvador-prison-18455834/?ito=newsnow-feed

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This won't end well, I'm sure.

[cachukis]

1. Led by desperation to desperate circumstance.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Inside mega prison hellhole as thousands of gangsters forced to sleep on metal shelves

El Salvador has had a problem with gang-related violence for decades, but the South American country's new President Nayib Bukele has promised a crackdown on crime, and has already rounded up 63,000 gangsters and thrown most in jail

Suspected gang members being moved into El Salvador mega prison

By Ryan Fahey World News Reporter
11:36, 16 Mar 2023 UPDATED11:55, 16 Mar 2023

El Salvador's government has sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members, and the justice minister vowed that "they will never return" to the streets.

The tough statement came as the administration of President Nayib Bukele asked for yet another extension of an anti-gang emergency measures that would take the crackdown into its 13th month.

Over the last 354 days, about 65,000 people have been arrested in the anti-gang campaign.

Human rights groups say that there have been many instances of prisoner abuses and that innocent people have been swept up in police raids.

The government announced the mass inmate transfer with a slickly produced video posted on social media.

More:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/el-salvador-mega-prison-welcomes-29472183

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El Salavador's "leader" has gone too far by mocking, degrading the inmates, subjecting them to unnaturally rotten conditions. At some point, Bukele's prisoners will snap. He's counting on it, of course.