CECOT: Inside the Mega-Prison El Salvador Has Offered Up for Trump's Use
Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities in a central hallway.
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they'd struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation,
El Salvador’s mega-prison: The next stop for US felons?
CNN’s David Culver and his team were the first major U.S. news crew inside Cecot, El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison. Home to the country’s most hardened criminals, the high-security facility could soon hold U.
The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America’s Worst Criminals
The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.
Explainer - What is El Salvador's mega-prison that could take US criminals?
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced during a visit to El Salvador that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has offered to incarcerate criminals deported from the U.S. in the Central American country's CECOT mega-prison.
Trump Administration to Study Legality of El Salvador Offer to Host U.S. Prisoners
The Trump administration is assessing whether it could take up El Salvador's offer to house U.S. citizens convicted of crimes in its jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, despite the apparent illegality of such a move.
Rubio says El Salvador has offered to jail US criminals and deportees of any nationality
He met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and senior officials at Bukele's residence on Lake Coatepeque outside the capital for almost three hours, where they agreed to go beyond El Salvador's acceptance of its own deported citizens.
El Salvador’s Prisons Are Notorious. Will They House Trump’s Deportees?
President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a reputation as being tough on crime, but have raised alarms over rights abuses.
Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons
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Rubio announces prison plan with MAGA’s favorite dictator
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Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men's prison
A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to ...
New Barlinnie prison costs double to almost £1bn
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Man Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Qaeda Ties
Minh Quang Pham was accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport in London in support of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch ...
West Virginia pharmacist convicted in poisoning death of her husband is sentenced to life in prison
Natalie Cochran poisoned her husband with insulin so that he wouldn't find out about a $2 million Ponzi scheme she operated, ...
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This Louisiana woman earned a degree after 27 years in prison. It ‘felt like a miracle.’
While she was serving her sentence in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, she took advantage of several ...