{"id":24615,"date":"2023-02-02T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24615"},"modified":"2023-02-02T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:22:13","slug":"el-salvador-opens-40000-inmate-prison-in-war-against-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/02\/02\/el-salvador-opens-40000-inmate-prison-in-war-against-gangs\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador opens 40,000-inmate prison in ‘war against gangs’"},"content":{"rendered":"

El Salvador has opened one of the world’s largest prisons, which will hold 40,000 inmates as arrests soar in a government crackdown on violent crime.<\/p>\n

The “Terrorism Confinement Centre” in Tecoluca has been completed in seven months to relieve some of the country’s overcrowded jails.<\/p>\n

President Nayib Bukele described the maximum-security prison as “a fundamental piece to completely win the war against gangs”.<\/p>\n

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The jail has seven security ‘rings’ within the perimeter wall including patrol zones, electric fencing and 19 watchtowers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Since El Salvador declared a\u00a0state of emergency over gang violence<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in March 2022, the police and army have arrested more than 62,000 suspected gang members and their collaborators.<\/p>\n

The president posted a video on Twitter of prison officials giving him a guided tour of the new facility.<\/p>\n

He was shown its seven security “rings” – from the heavily guarded reinforced solid steel inmate cells to the prison perimeter wall including patrol zones, electric fencing and 19 watchtowers, making it “impossible to escape”.<\/p>\n

Mr Bukele said inmates at other prisons have previously had access to “prostitutes, computers, TV screens, PlayStations and mobile phones” which he described as “backwards”.<\/p>\n

Troublemakers will be moved to isolation cells where they “won’t see any daylight”, he was told.<\/p>\n

“El Salvador has managed to go from being the most insecure country in the world to the safest country in the Americas,” the president tweeted.<\/p>\n

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President Nayib Bukele was given a guided tour of the 40,000-capacity prison<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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With almost 2% of its adult population behind bars,\u00a0El Salvador<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has the highest incarceration rate in the world.<\/p>\n

Under\u00a0the crackdown<\/a><\/strong>, some constitutional rights have been suspended, including allowing authorities to make arrests without a warrant and giving the government access to citizens’ communication.<\/p>\n

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Police search for gang members in Soyapango, El Salvador<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The rising inmate population as a result of the anti-gang measures, which the vast majority of the population supports, has stretched the country’s already overwhelmed prison system.<\/p>\n

La Esperanza, the country’s largest jail, holds 33,000 people despite having a capacity of 10,000.<\/p>\n

Around 600 troops and 250 police officers will guard the new prison where inmates will be “subjected to a severe regimen”, El Salvador’s prisons director Osiris Luna told state TV.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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